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'''John Trobaugh''' (born 1968 | '''John Trobaugh''' (born [[1968]] in Lansing, Michigan) is a photographer based in [[Birmingham]]. Trobaugh received his bachelor of fine arts with honors in [[1996]] from [[UAB]] and went on to study photography at the School of Visual Arts. In [[2003]] he received his Masters in Fine Art from the [[University of Alabama]] in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. | ||
His photography has been published in Art Papers , selected as the cover artist. He has also been published in The Chronicle of Higher Education, | His photography has been published in ''Art Papers'', selected as the cover artist. He has also been published in ''The Chronicle of Higher Education'', ''The Washington Post'' and ''The Advocate'' as well as ''[[The Birmingham News]]'' and ''World of Wonder'', among many others. | ||
While teaching at | While teaching at [[Shelton State Community College]] in Tuscaloosa, Trobaugh's works depicting 12" toy dolls in homoerotic poses were taken down by administrators before a planned exhibition. The incident gained national attention over the issue of censorship. Trobaugh was forbidden to discuss the incident in his art appreciation class. He later resigned his post. | ||
==Work== | ==Work== | ||
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==Books== | ==Books== | ||
* | * ''[http://www.gsu.edu/~wwwart/gallery/exhibition_current.html Potentially Harmful: The Art of American Censorship]'', funded by a grant from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts with local support from the Atlanta Bureau of Cultural Affairs, and the Georgia State University College of Arts and Sciences Visiting Artists and Scholars Fund, the College of Law, the Ethics Center, Women's Studies, African American Studies, the Department of Communications and additional private donors. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
* [http://www.johnart.com Trobaugh's Official website] | * [http://www.johnart.com Trobaugh's Official website] | ||
* [http://nyartsmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6663&Itemid=199 NYArts Magazine] Includes article and a sample of Trobaugh's work | * [http://nyartsmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6663&Itemid=199 NYArts Magazine] Includes article and a sample of Trobaugh's work | ||
* [http://www.spaceoneeleven.org/press_releases.html Space One Eleven Press Release] "''Politics/Politics''", [[Birmingham]], 2006 | * [http://www.spaceoneeleven.org/press_releases.html Space One Eleven Press Release] "''Politics/Politics''", [[Birmingham]], 2006 | ||
* [http://www.almalopez.net/ORnews2/041100ap.html ''After the Culture Wars''] Richard Meyer, Art Papers This became a 150 page catalog documenting the exhibition in 2006 | * [http://www.almalopez.net/ORnews2/041100ap.html ''After the Culture Wars''] Richard Meyer, Art Papers This became a 150 page catalog documenting the exhibition in 2006 | ||
* [http://www.queerday.com/2003/nov/30/homoerotic_art_still_unacceptable.html Queer Day] Washington Post article 2003 | * [http://www.queerday.com/2003/nov/30/homoerotic_art_still_unacceptable.html Queer Day] Washington Post article 2003 | ||
* [http://www.birminghamfreepress.com/v4.html ''Trobaugh Photos Banned in Alabama''] Stephen Smith, Birmingham Free Press 2004 | * [http://www.birminghamfreepress.com/v4.html ''Trobaugh Photos Banned in Alabama''] Stephen Smith, Birmingham Free Press 2004 | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:1968 births|Trobaugh, John]] | ||
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[[Category:Living people|Trobaugh, John]] | [[Category:Living people|Trobaugh, John]] | ||
Revision as of 01:20, 3 March 2007
John Trobaugh (born 1968 in Lansing, Michigan) is a photographer based in Birmingham. Trobaugh received his bachelor of fine arts with honors in 1996 from UAB and went on to study photography at the School of Visual Arts. In 2003 he received his Masters in Fine Art from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
His photography has been published in Art Papers, selected as the cover artist. He has also been published in The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Washington Post and The Advocate as well as The Birmingham News and World of Wonder, among many others.
While teaching at Shelton State Community College in Tuscaloosa, Trobaugh's works depicting 12" toy dolls in homoerotic poses were taken down by administrators before a planned exhibition. The incident gained national attention over the issue of censorship. Trobaugh was forbidden to discuss the incident in his art appreciation class. He later resigned his post.
Work
- In 2005, Space One Eleven exhibited Trobaugh's work alongside Karen Graffeo for"In This Place". This exhibition was organized by M. K. Matalon to investigate place and location but to do so in relationship to contemporary Southern issues.<ref>"Graffeo/Trobaugh" "In This Place"</ref>
- In Trobaugh's work was selected to be part of Patterns of Nature in Denver, Colorado.
- Trobaugh was recently included in "Politics, Politics: Nine Artists Explore the Political Landscape" curated by Anne Arrasmith and Peter Prinz of Space One Eleven. This exhibition was funded by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and included Pinky Bass, Clayton Colvin, Peggy Dobbins, Randy Gachet, binx Newton, Arthur Price, Paul Ware, and Stan Woodard. <ref>Space One Eleven Press Release </ref>
- Trobaugh was invited to be a presenter for Photography in the Digital Age by The Society For Photographic Education South Central Regional Conference, 2003. this meeting took place at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Birmingham Museum of Art in Birmingham <ref>Society For Photographic Education South Central Regional Conference, 2003</ref>
Books
- Potentially Harmful: The Art of American Censorship, funded by a grant from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts with local support from the Atlanta Bureau of Cultural Affairs, and the Georgia State University College of Arts and Sciences Visiting Artists and Scholars Fund, the College of Law, the Ethics Center, Women's Studies, African American Studies, the Department of Communications and additional private donors.
External Links
- Trobaugh's Official website
- NYArts Magazine Includes article and a sample of Trobaugh's work
- Space One Eleven Press Release "Politics/Politics", Birmingham, 2006
- After the Culture Wars Richard Meyer, Art Papers This became a 150 page catalog documenting the exhibition in 2006
- Queer Day Washington Post article 2003
- Trobaugh Photos Banned in Alabama Stephen Smith, Birmingham Free Press 2004