Location: Mint Museum of Art

Museum Hours: Tuesday 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. ; Wed - Sat 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. ; Closed Sunday & Monday

Information: General 704-337-2000

Dates: Sat, May 23, 2009 - Sat, Nov 14, 2009

Dickson Gallery

Bob Trotman combines wood’s visual frankness and warmth with a philosophical sensation of dislocation and alienation. Trotman’s figurative sculptures in Business as Usual intensely examine the psychology of everyday life. The nationally acclaimed sculptor sees his wooden figures “…in relation to the carved religious figures, ships’ figureheads, and the so-called ‘show’ figures…found in the nineteenth century,” yet incorporating a contemporary world in which “tragedy and comedy constantly vie for the upper hand.” Comically pointed yet empathic these figures suggest the contradictory nature of the core of human experience.

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Read Mark Washburn's review of Sinking Feeling.

 

Organized by: Staniar Gallery, Washington and Lee University

For additional information, please contact:

Carla Hanzal – email , phone: 704-337-2019