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====Date: [[:Category: | ====Date: [[:Category:2003|2003]]==== | ||
====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America | ====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America]]==== | ||
====Subject: [[:Category:Sexual/Gender Orientation|Sexual/Gender Orientation | ====Subject: [[:Category:Sexual/Gender Orientation|Sexual/Gender Orientation]]==== | ||
====Medium: [[:Category:Photography|Photography | ====Medium: [[:Category:Photography|Photography]]==== | ||
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'''Artist:''' John Trobaugh | '''Artist:''' John Trobaugh | ||
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'''Dates of Action:''' October 2003 | '''Dates of Action:''' October, 2003 | ||
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'''Description of Artwork:''' | '''Description of Artwork:''' ''Double Duty'' is a set of ten 30 by 40 inch photographs featuring Ken and G.I. Joe dolls in various poses. Some of the dolls are embracing or holding hands. <P> | ||
'''The Incident:''' Shelton State asked Trobaugh, an adjunct professor, to exhibit his work in the school's gallery. He followed the procedure for installing a show, showing slides to the head of the school's art department, Linda Grote. One day after its installation, the school president, Rick Rogers, complained about the exhibit. The following week, Grote met with Trobaugh and told him that his pieces "weren't working," and removed the exhibit. Rogers' reasoning was that the "controversial" photographs were inappropriate when juxtaposed with the school's showing of | '''The Incident:''' Shelton State asked Trobaugh, an adjunct professor, to exhibit his work in the school's gallery. He followed the procedure for installing a show, showing slides to the head of the school's art department, Linda Grote. One day after its installation, the school president, Rick Rogers, complained about the exhibit. The following week, Grote met with Trobaugh and told him that his pieces "weren't working," and removed the exhibit. Rogers' reasoning was that the "controversial" photographs were inappropriate when juxtaposed with the school's showing of ''Arsenic and Old Lace.'' <P> | ||
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Revision as of 19:58, 2 August 2011
Date: 2003
Region: North America
Subject: Sexual/Gender Orientation
Medium: Photography
Artist: John Trobaugh
Confronting Bodies: President of Shelton State Community College
Dates of Action: October, 2003
Location: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Description of Artwork: Double Duty is a set of ten 30 by 40 inch photographs featuring Ken and G.I. Joe dolls in various poses. Some of the dolls are embracing or holding hands.
The Incident: Shelton State asked Trobaugh, an adjunct professor, to exhibit his work in the school's gallery. He followed the procedure for installing a show, showing slides to the head of the school's art department, Linda Grote. One day after its installation, the school president, Rick Rogers, complained about the exhibit. The following week, Grote met with Trobaugh and told him that his pieces "weren't working," and removed the exhibit. Rogers' reasoning was that the "controversial" photographs were inappropriate when juxtaposed with the school's showing of Arsenic and Old Lace.
Results of Incident: The school offered Trobaugh the oppurtunity to exhibit his work in a gallery out of site of children visiting to see the play. Trobaugh refused, suggesting that it was an attempt to "obfuscate the issues."
Source: www.tuscaloosanews.com
