The man who helped launch Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit (CAID) in late 1970s is one of city's most forward thinking creative treasures.
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At an age when most careers are long over, McGee -- with pieces at the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History -- is still working at the top of his powers.
Just two months into his year as the first Kresge Eminent Artist -- a $50,000 prize awarded by the Troy-based foundation of the same name -- plans are in the works for a large installation at Wayne State University. He's also wrestling with a layered collage slowly taking shape in his unheated studio across from Detroit's Marygrove College.
At an age when most careers are long over, the 84-year-old McGee -- with pieces at the
Detroit Institute of Arts and the Charles H. Wright Museum of African
American History -- is still working at the top of his powers.
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