James Johnson: I Come from a Serious Place

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2012-10-20

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Oakland University

Abstract

Excerpt from essay by Cody VanderKaay: James Johnson’s artwork encourages the viewer to construct and examine personalized narratives of identity, impulse, ownership and self-determination. With motives likened to that of a magician, he is continually revealing and concealing his method of operation. In spite of these clever manipulations, the behind-the-scenes accoutrements invert newly formed notions and undo guises.

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Catalog of an exhibition held at the Oakland University Art Gallery, October 10 - November 18, 2012. Contains essay by Cody VanderKaay.

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Oakland University Art Gallery, Oakland University. College of Arts and Sciences, Exhibition catalogs, Kresge Foundation, Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs, National Endowment for the Arts

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