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The Urban Alphabet

Paintings from Postcards from Detroit

by Stephen Magsig

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About the Book
The paintings in this Urban Alphabet are from photographs taken by the American Artist Stephen Magsig from details of old theater marquees, neon signs and painted signs of local businesses. They are a record of a vanishing landscape. Most are derived from photos of the Detroit vernacular scene. With this alphabet Stephen Magsig examines a bit of Detroit’s past and shows a bit of his own.

Features & Details
  • Primary Category: Fine Art
  • Project Option: Small Square, 7×7 in, 18×18 cm
    # of Pages: 36
  • Publish Date: Dec 15, 2008
  • Keywords Oil Painting, Urban Landscape, Urban Alphabet, Alphabet, Detroit, Neon
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About the Creator
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Stephen Magsig
Ferndale, Michigan, USA

I was born in 1946, and studied at Ferris State College, and the College for Creative Studies. As a painter I am really self taught, and have been painting for over 30 years. I have had more than 25 solo shows and numerous group shows. I currently show with the George Billis Gallery in NY and LA. My work is in over twenty corporate and museum collections and in hundreds of private collections. I live and work with my artist wife, Janet Hamrick and our two studio cats, Artie and Bella, in Ferndale, Michigan. We also have been subletting a painting loft in New York City for the last 15 years.

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