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Maurice Greenia, Jr. Collections
Pastel Figures
COGS OF STARLIGHT
Dancer, at Jugband Practice
Poetic Express Volume 26 Number 16
Inquisitive Spirit
Serious Play
dream-post, 2005
Alongside the Ink Storm
He done had too much firewater, man
Temporal
Shadow Landscape
Three
Figure Three, Detail
Animal
Balancing Act 2015
Balance Figure
Prepared Figures
Shadow. Detroit, 2010's

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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