Artist Johnny Coleman’s multilayered installations explore personal history through a combination of storytelling and the theatrical space of a stage set. Coleman explores topics relevant to his experiences as an African American male and, more generally, the nature of perception and lived experience that constitutes identity. Coleman's work is centered "...around the themes of the crossroads: a focal point/threshold of challenge and transformation." Coleman uses materials and sounds which serve as functional and symbolic references to the personal and cultural history his work explores. From the Series:What Follows