Bob Trotman, business as usual
By: curated by Lia Newman ; editor, Mark Sloan
Contributors: Newman, Lia, curator, contributor; Sloan, Mark, 1957- editor, writer of foreword; Manley, Roger, contributor; Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art; William H. Van Every, Jr. Gallery; Edward M. Smith Gallery; Projective Eye Gallery; Gregg Museum of Art & Design
Publisher: Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Charleston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9781495128646
Subjects: Exhibitions; Interviews; American Figure sculpture; American Wood sculpture; Politics in art; Businessmen; Attitudes; In art; Power (Social sciences) in art
Other titles: Business as usual
Description: As the catalogue that accompanies an exhibition of the same name, "Bob Trotman: Business as Usual" contextualizes the development of Trotman's caustic sculptures over the last decade. Bitingly critical of institutional and political power, Trotman's wooden sculptures draw on the tradition of the often larger-than-life statues outside old cigar shops and the figureheads on ships' bows. The artist's practice of painting these wooden figures also recalls the medieval tradition of wooden religious statues, and with this connection he simultaneously deifies and lambastes contemporary wielders of power such as businessmen and politicians. Using the vernacular of these so-called show figures, Trotman's work reveals the elaborate posturing of wielders of power, privilege, and pretense that secretly, or not so secretly, shape the world we live in. Exhibition: Van Every/Smith Galleries, Davidson, North Carolina, USA (19.10. - 08.12.2017).
Notes: Exhibition catalog produced by the Halsey Institute of Contermporary Art at the College of Charleston in cooperation with the Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College; the Projective Eye Gallery at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte; the Gregg Museum of Art & Design at NC State University; and the N.C. Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural & Cultural Resources.

Includes bibliographical references (page 133).
Table of contents: title: Foreward / by Mark Sloan; title: Bob Trotman: the search for authenticity / by Lia Newman; title: Minding business / by Roger Manley; title: Folio; title: Bob Trotman in conversation / with Crista Cammaroto.