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Sculptor Bob Trotman to visit Governor's School
For Immediate Release
Artist Talk on Wednesday, March 24th at 6:30 pm in Smith Recital Hall
GREENVILLE, SC - North Carolina sculptor Bob Trotman, who has gained national acclaim for his solitary wooden figures, will share his experiences with visual arts students at the South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities during his Guest Artist Talk, 6:30 pm, Wednesday, March 24 in Smith Recital Hall. The event is free and open to the public.
Originally trained in the arts as a woodworker under the renowned craftsman Sam Maloof, Trotman's works have exhibited at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City, Renwick Gallery at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC, The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond and the Museum of Art at Rhode Island School of Design in Providence. He has exhibited at the Greenville County Museum of Art and at the Mint Museum of Art in Charlotte. The North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh will feature a solo exhibition of his work in November 2010.
Trotman is a native of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He received a B.A. degree in philosophy from Washington and Lee University. His visit to the Governor's School is part of the 2010 Surdna Guest Artist Series, sponsored by a grant from the Surdna Foundation.
Trotman has said the following about his work:
As a figurative sculptor my concern is the exploration, interpretation and representation of the human body. It is a primal medium for projecting thought and feeling: in the expressive language of its poses and dress, its gestures, its facial expressions and in its disposition in relation to its surroundings...My subjects are caught in dilemmas they can neither escape nor understand, and wood, through its warmth, its quirks and flaws, gives their quandaries an immediacy they might not otherwise have.
More information about Bob Trotman can be found at http://www.bobtrotman.com/.
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