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Hitchhiker of Maurice Greenia, Jr.

 

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Maugre's (Maurice Greenia, Jr.) fertile imaginings produce  paintings, puppet shows, surrealistic comic strips,  poems in which strange, but familiar  personages of another a parallel universe to communicate  with us.	Maugre has long been part of an energetic and influential group of artists associated with the Zeitgeist Gallery in Detroit. He has shown extensively in Europe and was a longtime  friend of Jacques Karamanoukian.

Maugre is a performer and composer in the Space Band, an ensemble often found enlivening  street fairs, openings and other art parties in the Detroit area.  Shown here with one of his Kazoos made by Jim Pallas.

 

One of many drawings that adorn the poems and writings of the Surreal Theatre publications that Maugre has been creating and distributing free throughout the Detroit cultural community for many years.

 

After a long winter on Maugre's inner city porch, the hitch hiker puts up a good fight as Maugre and friend Jim Puntigam prepare to abandon him.

The last view of  Maugre's doppleganger was on the hard pavement of Detroit's Michigan Avenue with the famous ruin of the Michigan Central Railroad Building crumbling in the distance.

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