Goody, DickStephens, JamesLashbrook, Debra2009-10-062009-10-062007978-0-925859-42-6http://hdl.handle.net/10323/772Catalog of an exhibition held at the Oakland University Art Gallery, 2007. Contains essay by Dick Goody.Excerpt from essay by Dick Goody: The work of James Stephens throughout the eighties was that of an artist, a gay man existing (and painting about that existence) in the urban Midwest, specifically in Detroit, a divided city on the threshold of post-industrialization – in other words, the result of being a minority and living a hand-to-mouth existence in a declining city.en-USOakland University Art GalleryOakland University. College of Arts and SciencesMichigan Council for the Arts and Cultural AffairsExhibition catalogsStephens, JamesJames Stephens A Mid - Career RetrospectiveLandscape, Utility and Psychology – Souvenirs of Consequence: The Paintings of James StephensText