VanderKaay, CodyLashbrook, Debra2024-05-032024-05-032012-10-20978-0-925859-57-0https://hdl.handle.net/10323/13277Catalog of an exhibition held at the Oakland University Art Gallery, October 10 - November 18, 2012. Contains essay by Cody VanderKaay.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.en-USIn CopyrightUsers assume all responsibility for questions of copyright, invasion of privacy, and rights of publicity that may arise in using reproductions from the library's collections.Oakland University Art GalleryOakland University. College of Arts and SciencesExhibition catalogsKresge FoundationMichigan Council for the Arts and Cultural AffairsNational Endowment for the ArtsText