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January Issue 2004
City Gallery in Charleston, SC, Offers Works by William Buggel
The City Gallery at the Dock Street Theatre in Charleston, SC, will present the exhibition, Passing Perceptions....A Show of Small Experiences, featuring small mixed media works by William L. Buggel. The exhibit will be on view from Jan. 7 through Feb. 3, 2004.
Buggel was born in Columbia, SC, in 1939. The visual image was always important to him, especially found objects. He painted and drew all through elementary school. In high school he remembered having a wonderful teacher. He has a BA from the University of South Carolina and also studied outside the university under J. Bardin. He also did graduate studies with Hiram Williams at the University of Florida.
Buggel participated
in many juried exhibitions throughout the Carolinas during the
60's and 70's, including a one-man show at the Columbia Museum
of Art in 1966. During South Carolina's Tricentennial Celebration
in 1970, Buggel was named as one of SC's most promising artist
in a publication mapping the state of the Arts in SC. He also
worked at the Columbia Museum of Art (1962-1967) and the Gibbes
Museum of Art (Gibbes Art Gallery, 1967-1975). At that point he
virtually dropped out of the fine art world, but the creative
juices were still flowing.
Buggel developed an interest in screen printing, photography and
graphic design, where he found he could make more money than the
world of the fine art had to offer. He owned an operated a successful
screen printing business, continues to work as a professional
photographer, and currently is the art director for several screen
printing businesses.
Buggle comments on his work: "These small objects are part of my interest in using nontraditional materials to create painting. The materials are bits and pieces of rusted metal found along the roadside and other places. I have attempted to create a connection to some of my inner feelings. Sometimes, I attempted to create more common images as in Girl with a Star in Her Eye. However all of these pieces don't show the complete image, that is left to the viewer."
The exhibition will
also offer several small paintings based on quick glimpses, playing
on the idea that too much information makes "Jack" a
dull boy. "If one has all the information, there is nothing
left to the imagination," says Buggel.
For more info check our SC Institutional Gallery listings,
call 843/724-7305 or at (www.ci.charleston.sc.us/oca.html).
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