MURRAY "EMEN" LEVY

THIS IS THE SHORT VERSION OF 

LONG JOURNEY FROM ART DEALER TO ARTIST.


Early in 1966 I opened "The New Consciousness" gallery in Greenwich Village N.Y. Later that year I produced an international exposition in Forest Hills, N.Y. Ten years later I was the research director of The O'Rourke Gallery on Madison Avenue, and became known for selecting high quality art for investors nationwide. When I started my own art investment service, I moved into The Plaza Hotel, and while there, produced a sale and seminar "Fine Art for Capital Appreciation".  Opening night festivities were featured on NBC news.

 

After a couple of decades as a dealer in New York I wanted a change of pace and moved to New Orleans, with the hope of spending a little more time creating some of my own art. During the early days in New Orleans I worked with three prestigious galleries on Royal Street, until I started making mosaics out of Mardi Gras beads.

I had a few successful gallery shows in the French Quarter and became known as the "Mardi Gras Bead Artist". Later I received a commission to create a 6' x 10' bead mural at the site of the first American Mardi Gras in Mobile, AL.


"MARDI GRAS IN MOBILE" 

Installation of Bead Mural in Mobile, Alabama at the RSA Trustmark Bank Building. 

The Mural - "Mardi Gras in Mobile" is in Tribute to the First Mardi Gras Celebration in the United States.