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Thursday, February 21, 2008

In Honour of Norval Morrisseau II

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NORVAL MORRISSEAU (1931-2007)
"We Are All One in Spirit"

* Detailed information about the painting in this posting unknown: "Title unknown", 15"x18", © c. 1960s Norval Morrisseau /Private Collection/
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12 comments:

Anonymous said...: spirit walker,

nice early painting!

have you seen Kinsman's sacred beaver?

now that's a masterpiece...would love to see more postings like this one.; 21 February, 2008 12:28
Anonymous said...: I have seen Sacred Beaver in the gallery. It is a very nice painting but to call it a masterpiece is a HUGE stretch.

Agree - the posted picture is a great Morrisseau as is Sacred Beaver but lets be honest about what is a masterpiece...; 21 February, 2008 13:59
Anonymous said...: ditto
both are great works for the period in which they were created. it is from here that we see how the master progressed, I would not call these masterpieces but still top notch work from the ONE and ONLY.; 21 February, 2008 15:03
Anonymous said...: Originally, the term masterpiece (or chef d'œuvre) referred to a piece of handcrafted art produced by a journeyman aspiring to become a master craftsman in the old European guild system, which is partially retained today in Germany and France. These were (or are) typically perfect pieces of handicraft art, admired for their beauty and elegance.

Nowadays this term mostly refers to any work of art that is considered extraordinary. In a stronger sense, it can refer to what is considered an artist's best piece of work. For example, Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa, Michelangelo's David, William Shakespeare's Hamlet, or Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, or, for modern masterpieces, Pier Paolo Pasolini's Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma, Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, and Miles Davis' Kind of Blue.

Also colloquially known as gesamtwerk from the German, meant to indicate a work that expresses the sum of a culture.; 21 February, 2008 15:20
Anonymous said...: The above comments and knowledge sounds like Mark for Kinsman Robinson talking....!

Perhaps the same author of the first post here re Sacred Beaver!?; 22 February, 2008 13:28
Anonymous said...: An interesting xray of three loons. Does anyone have any thoughts about the significance of the snake and the beetle inside the largest loon?
KHVH; 22 February, 2008 18:35
Anonymous said...: The beetle reminds me of similar creatures in Morrisseau's series of legend paintings depicting an Ojibwe story ? paralleling the biblical flood story, but more specifically paralleling the legends of Africa's Dogon people -- and these paintings were created before Robert Temple's 1979 book outlined the Dogon legends. This is probably further evidence of Morrisseau's connection to the field of ONE.
KHVH; 22 February, 2008 18:55
Anonymous said...: I would like to hear what you would consider Norvals greatest work or works.One piece that really stands out for me was "Keeper of the Faith" done in 1976. I found it took my breath away. If anyone has seen this piece I would be very interested in seeing it again.
M.G. fromQ.B.; 23 February, 2008 00:24
Anonymous said...: inside the circle formed by the snake let there be a sacred scarab (beetle) surrounded by rays; 23 February, 2008 23:33
Anonymous said...: Hi - I have painting similar to this at home but of owls. Can anyone help me understand or see the snack and bettle inside the large loon - it is not clear to me. Would be interested to see if this exists on my painting and if it does what the meaning is....; 26 February, 2008 16:02
Spirit Walker said...: That is not a beetle inside of the bird - it is a beating heart. And there is no snake neither inside of the bird - it is power line that connects guts of the bird with it's spiritual essence.; 26 February, 2008 16:15
Anonymous said...: Thanks Spirit Walker - that is how I have always seen these images but when KVHN started talking about beetles and snakes I thought I was missing something....; 26 February, 2008 17:48

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