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'''John Trobaugh''' (born 1968) in Lansing, Michigan is an American artist specializing in photography and based in [[Birmingham, Alabama]]. Trobaugh received his BFA in 1996 with honors from [[University of Alabama at Birmingham]] 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.
'''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, [http://nyartsmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6663&Itemid=199 NY Arts Magazine], The Washington Post and The Advocate as well as [[The Birmingham News]] and [http://worldofwonder.net/archives/2005/Oct/26/why_we_havent_seen_barbie_with_ken_lately.wow World of Wonder], among many others.
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 Sheldon State in Tuscaloosa Alabama, Trobaugh's work was censored and taken down before a planned exhibition. The case has yet to be resolved but gained national attention due to censorship issues. He was forbidden to discuss this censorship as part of his art appreciation class. Trobaugh later resigned his post.
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.
 
Richard Meyer, Chair of the Art Department at The University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California, spoke about Trobaugh's work at various national conferences about censorship. Trobaugh was also presented in The Smithsonian National Gallery and is the author of several articles including Art Papers.


==Work==
==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>[http://www.spaceoneeleven.org/pr/Graffeo_and_Trobaugh_SOE_Press_Release.html "''Graffeo/Trobaugh''" ''"In This Place''"]</ref>
* "[http://www.spaceoneeleven.org/pr/Graffeo_and_Trobaugh_SOE_Press_Release.html In This Place]". (2005) organized by M. K. Matalon. [[Space One Eleven]]
* In  Trobaugh's work was selected to be part of [http://math.colorado.edu/~farsi/conference/slide_trobaugh.html ''Patterns of Nature''] in Denver, Colorado.
* "[http://math.colorado.edu/~farsi/conference/slide_trobaugh.html ''Patterns of Nature'']. 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>[http://www.spaceoneeleven.org/press_releases.html Space One Eleven Press Release] </ref>
* " [http://www.spaceoneeleven.org/press_releases.html Politics, Politics: Nine Artists Explore the Political Landscape]" curated by Anne Arrasmith and Peter Prinz of Space One Eleven.  
* 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, Alabama]] <ref>[http://www.uab.edu/scrcphoto/SPE_PDF.pdf Society For Photographic Education South Central Regional Conference], 2003</ref>
* ''[http://www.uab.edu/scrcphoto/SPE_PDF.pdf  Photography in the Digital Age]'' (2003) The Society For Photographic Education, South Central Regional Conference at [[UAB]] and the [[Birmingham Museum of Art]].


==Books==
==Books==
* In ''Potentially Harmful: The Art of American Censorship'', Trobaugh's work was shown alongside Dread Scott, Robert Mapplethorpe, Sue Coe, Lynda Benglis, Andres Serrano, Karen Finley, Alma Lopez, John Jota Leaos, Benita Carr, Anita Steckel, Renee Cox, Gayla Lemke, Marilyn Zimmerman, John Sims, The Critical Art Ensemble, Eric Fischl, Tom Forsythe, Nancy Worthington, David Avalos, Scott Kessler, Louis Hock and Elizabeth Sisco. This project was funded by a major grant from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts with considerable 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. <ref>[http://www.gsu.edu/~wwwart/gallery/exhibition_current.html ''Potentially Harmful: The Art of American Censorship'']</ref>
* ''[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.  
 
 
==Quotes==
* Photographs by John Trobaugh were removed from display for “inappropriate” content at an exhibition at Shelton State Community College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The photographs portray Ken and G.I. Joe posed in romantic (though not sexually explicit) couplings. this decision involved the [[National Coalition Against Censorship]]. <ref>[http://www.ncac.org National Coalition Against Censorship]</ref> -Queer Caucus for Art
* The censoring of my work from this faculty exhibition served to illustrate this point because administrators “loved” the images, yet the president of the college removed the whole series. People ask why would I want to show my work in the South anyway? I was raised here, the fantasy world was created here, and the images are made or based in the South. Why shouldn’t the South see what the South created? -John Trobaugh <ref>[http://nyartsmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6663&Itemid=199 NYArts Magazine]</ref>
* His most recent series, called ''Double Duty'', are photographs using the 12" dolls to make social commentary," the text says. "Trobaugh's photographs uncannily portray human likeness and gesture." True. In fact, for a second, we thought someone had found and posted photos we took in the '70s. Just for a second. -Stephen Saban of [http://worldofwonder.net/archives/2005/Oct/26/why_we_havent_seen_barbie_with_ken_lately.wow The WOW Report]
 
* Actually I like Trobaugh's photo's more than Levinthal's David Leventhal. They're technically just as good and the homoeroticism really ads to the overall effect. Nothing is more subjective than art and nothing is more common in art than homoeroticism. -Stephen Smith, [http://www.birminghamfreepress.com/v4.html Birmingham Free Press], 2004
 
==Notes==
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==External Links==
==External Links==
* [http://www.johnart.com Trobaugh's Official website]
* [http://www.johnart.com Trobaugh's Official website]
* [http://www.arcgallery.org/archive04.html ARC Gallery], Chicago, Illinois
* [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.ncac.org/censorship_news/20040203~cn092~Tuscaloosa_College_Bans_Photos.cfm National Coalition Against Censorship] Winter 2002-2003 Example 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, Alabama]], 2006
* [http://www.sito.org/cgi-bin/egads/segads?idonly=tro SITO] Examples of Trobaugh's work
* [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


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Latest revision as of 01:23, 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

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

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