Bob Trotman: Business as Usual

[Now Open – October 12, 2008]

Bob Trotman: Business as Usual is an installation of ten carved and painted wooden sculptures by North Carolina sculptor Bob Trotman.

The sculptures, which represent men and women in corporate business attire, are divided into three subsections. The first, Committee, features larger-than-life portrait busts of three men and two women. Each face has some part, eyes, mouth, or both, carved on wooden blocks which may be removed, reversed, and reinserted (by a curator) to reveal another expression. The second subsection, Chorus, is comprised of four larger-than-life partial figures which rest directly on the floor from their armpits up with arms raised and heads back as if they were in distress. The third subsection is entitled Cover Up. It is a single sculpture five feet in height of four figures under a carved wooden shroud with only their legs and feet showing, but their upper bodies discernable beneath the “cloth”. The works are dramatically lit and presented as a tableau in one of the museum’s galleries. They will no doubt elicit widely varying interpretations from viewers.

Bearden to Ruscha: Contemporary Art from the North Carolina Museum of Art

[Now Open – May 24, 2009]

This exhibition is drawn from the contemporary collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art, and includes work from the mid-1970s to 2005, by canonical figures in art history, such as Robert Motherwell, Roger Brown, Elizabeth Murray and Ed Ruscha—as well as more recent acquisitions by emerging artists.

The exhibition will be accompanied by public programs related to the exhibition, including art history lectures, artist gallery talks, film, music and dance.

Exhibition generously supported by:
Dan Cameron Family Foundation
Mary Ann and Spencer Everett

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