Art exhibit: 'Charles McGee, Still Searching'

At 92, Charles McGee (seen here at age 91) is still creating art, and is still as thunderstruck as ever by the dazzling visual tapestry all around us. “I look at our world in awe,” said the celebrated artist and teacher. "and how it’s all put together.” It is, he added, a fascination “that almost became a religion for me.”

Gallery visitor Don Peace of Detroit checks out Charles McGee's enormous mixed-media collage called Play Patterns II.

Detail of Play Patterns II, 2011, in which the artist used his own hair: gray dreadlocks.

This huge mural called Unity (2017) is painted on the side of an apartment building in Detroit, around the corner from the gallery space.

Ritual Icon II, 1993

Primaries - Triptych, 1984 - acrylic and mixed media on masonite.

Linkage II is located outside the entrance to the exhibit.

Gail, 1982 - this piece features the artist's own hair (dreadlocks).

Gail, 1982 - this piece features the artist's own hair (dreadlocks).