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Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Art: Norval Morrisseau (1932-2007)


[scan] "Serenity" by Norval Morrisseau, Copper Thunderbird (14 March 1932 - 4 December 2007); iconic yet controversial Canadian Grand Shaman artist of the Anishnaabe--"the people" (Ojibway: anishnaabemwin) Nation;--

"I go to the inner places. I go to the source. I even dare to say, I go to the house of invention where all the inventors of mankind have been."

Many of Norval Morrisseau's works are permanently housed at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection Gallery in Kleinberg, Ontario, Canada.