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Maurice Greenia, Jr. Collections
Poetic Express Volume 19 Number 6
Poetic Express Volume 20 Number 16
Figure with Hair
Subliminal Frenzies and Eskimo Mask
Clear Vision,
Pause
To Jayne Cortez
Mid-Day
sans pretense
Diversionary Gains
Spiky Figure
Figure One, Detail
Window World. New York, Times Square, August 2015
With Bent Arms
Open Windows, the Dexter Bar. Detroit, May 2017

Maurice Greenia, Jr. is a native Detroit artist whose work grows out of the city; he lives in the artistic center of Detroit -- the Cass Corridor. Thousands of people see his work every year, but many do not know the artist nor the multitude of formats in which he works. This site is aimed at the preservation of his work, some of which cannot be physically preserved, and is viewable only in photographs; the chalk drawings on the old Hudson's Building being a prime example of work preserved only photographically. But to try to define what his artistic production has been and continues to be is almost impossible. Browse through the site and see the range of creativity in medium and expression, ranging from poetry to drawing to sculpture, with many stops along the way, and often involving found objects. Unless otherwise indicated, new works are being added to these collections on a regular basis.

Enjoy the work of a true urban artist, whose surrealist vision has responded to Detroit in both good and bad times with creativity and imagination.

For assistance with this collection, please contact the the University Archivist, Mara Powell at 313-993-1950 or the library reference desk at 313-993-1071. You may also email the reference desk for assistance at edesk@udmercy.edu.

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