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Maurice Greenia, Jr. Collections
The Odd Stray Hut
Yet Creature, with Debris
Poetic Express Volume 17 Number 10
Poetic Express Volume 20 Number10
Marble with Blues Above
Oregon Oak
Captured Thief
Four Figures
Organic Rudder
fall asleep while singing...
Cyclops with Green Tunic
Two Other Figures
Stoop Search
Poetic Express Volume 29 Number 10
Blank Freeway Billboard. Detroit, April 2015
In the Park
Mural at P.S. 11. New York City, 2011
The 7 Train, Queens. New York City, 2013

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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