>>> The Art of Norval Morrisseau in Commercial Art Galleries Around the World (Part IX)

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Artworld of Sherway /Toronto, Ontario CANADA/
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"Wasakajak", acrylic on canvas, © 1976 Norval Morrisseau
/Click on image to Enlarge and/or click HERE to see this painting when it was exhibited at Artworld of Sherway in 2006; owner, Mrs. Donna Child/
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The teaching about how a new Earth was created after the Great Flood is one of the classic Nanabush* Stories. It tells of how Nanabush managed to save himself by resting on a chi-mitig (huge log) that was floating on the vast expanse of water that covered Mother Earth.
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* - a trickster; Ojibway hold Nanabush as essential to any contact with the sacred.
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Note: Norval Morrisseau in most of his paintings calls Nanabush as Wasakajak (Wisakedjak; It is spelled also Weesack-kachack) which is the most common term for a trickster that Cree people use in their legend stories.
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>>> Reference posts:
- The Art of Norval Morrisseau in Commercial Art Galleries Around the World (Part I),
- The Art of Norval Morrisseau in Commercial Art Galleries Around the World (Part II),
- The Art of Norval Morrisseau in Commercial Art Galleries Around the World (Part III),
- The Art of Norval Morrisseau in Commercial Art Galleries Around the World (Part IV),
- The Art of Norval Morrisseau in Commercial Art Galleries Around the World (Part V),
- The Art of Norval Morrisseau in Commercial Art Galleries Around the World (Part VI),
- The Art of Norval Morrisseau in Commercial Art Galleries Around the World (Part VII),
- The Art of Norval Morrisseau in Commercial Art Galleries Around the World (Part VIII),
- The Art of Norval Morrisseau in Galleries and Museums Around the World (Part I),
- The Art of Norval Morrisseau in Galleries and Museums Around the World (Part II),
- The Art of Norval Morrisseau in Galleries and Museums Around the World (Part III),
- The Art of Norval Morrisseau in Galleries and Museums Around the World (Part IV),
- The Art of Norval Morrisseau in Galleries and Museums Around the World (Part V),
- The Art of Norval Morrisseau in Galleries and Museums Around the World (Part VI),
- The Art of Norval Morrisseau in Galleries and Museums Around the World (Part VIIa),
- The Art of Norval Morrisseau in Galleries and Museums Around the World (Part VIIb) &
- The Art of Norval Morrisseau in Galleries and Museums Around the World (Part VIII).
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* The acrylic painting on canvas in this post: "Wasakajak", 52"x54", © 1976 Norval Morrisseau; Exhibited and SOLD at Artworld of Sherway in Toronto, Ontario CANADA