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Maurice Greenia, Jr. Collections
Poetic Express Volume 1 Number 17
Poetic Express Volume 9 Number 5
Poetic Express Volume 10 Number 1
Poetic Express Volume 11 Number 15
Poetic Express Volume 16 Number 13
Only Slightly Disturbed
Man with Thinking Cap on
Valentine (February 14, 1982)
Waiting for the Key, 1995
Assembled
Figure Two, Detail
Fire Hydrant. Detroit, February 2016
Large Spy

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.

Please contact the library reference desk at edesk@udmercy.edu  or 313-993-1071 for assistance with this collection.

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