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.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Oakland University Art GalleryOakland University. College of Arts and SciencesExhibition catalogsKresge FoundationMichigan Council for the Arts and Cultural AffairsNational Endowment for the ArtsJames Johnson: I Come from a Serious PlaceText