'Weekend of Awakening'... A Decade Later

/February 28th - March 1st, 2009/

/Preceded KRG's $1,000,000 SLAPP suit against Ugo Matulic/
 CASE WON BY THE DEFENDANT
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- Norval Morrisseau Conspiracy Exposed

~ This post was originally published on February 28th, 2010
   /UNEDITED, ORIGINAL VERSION/
  ~ Additional (NEW) information presented in RED
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Norval Morrisseau/Copper Thunderbird (1931-2007)
~ Illustration by Spirit Walker
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>>> The 'Weekend of Awakening,' presented A DECADE AGO TODAY, was dedicated to the term that had never been used on this blog before -'The Norval Morrisseau Conspiracy'.

This conspiracy involves a couple of galleries (Kinsman Robinson Galleries and Coghlan Art Studio & Gallery) and a few individuals who were closely associated with the artist namely Donald C. Robinson and Paul C. H. Robinson of the Kinsman Robinson Galleries in Toronto, Ontario (LAUNCHED SLAPP SUIT AGAINST BLOG MASTER OF THIS PLATFORM AND DROPPED ALL THE CHARGES AFTER ONE OF THE PLAINTIFFS WAS DISCREDITED IN NORVAL MORRISSEAU AUTHENTICITY RELATED COURT CASE;) Bryant Ross who is director of Coghlan Art Studio & Gallery in Aldergrove, BC (BLATANTLY CALLED AN ABOMINATION & DEFACED GENUINE NORVAL MORRISSEAU PAINTING WHICH WAS AUTHENTICATED BY FORENSIC SCIENCE;) Gabor Vadas who for the last 20 years of Norval Morrisseau's life functioned as Mr. Morrisseau's guardian and business manager; Ritchie 'Stardreamer' Sinclair - an individual who single-handedly caused the greatest harm to the Norval Morrisseau Art Market and whose name is infamously connected with the Legacy of Norval Morrisseau (RECENTLY REMOVED FROM LIST OF WITNESSES IN NORVAL MORRISSEAU AUTHENTICITY RELATED COURT CASE;) John Zemanovich a.k.a. Raven Thunderbird, FORMER MEMBER OF NORVAL MORRISSEAU HERITAGE SOCIETY (NMHS) who was Blog Master of http://honouringnorvalmorrisseau.blogspot.com (suspended in October 2008) and Mark Anthony Jacobson a.k.a. PEY-SIM-AWAY-APEY-BINASI.
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Among the information never before seen on the 'NORVAL MORRISSEAU BLOG' a series of signed 'Certificates of Authenticity' had been presented for paintings done in the styles that Norval Morrisseau used mostly during the decade of the 1970's. These legally binding 'Cerificates of Authenticity' were signed and thumbprinted by Norval Morrisseau as he personally handled and inspected the 'front and reverse' of each canvas painting for his identifying marks. These 'Certificates of Authenticity' were eyewitnessed during their presentation to Norval Morrisseau (THE SAME PAINTINGS WERE LATER AUTHENICETED BY FORENSIC SCIENCE).
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From the very beginning of the NORVAL MORRISSEAU BLOG I felt the need to create a platform that will speak for Norval when this privilege to speak for himself was put in the hands of others that were only interested in their personal financial gain by putting the Legacy of Norval Morrisseau aside.
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Miigwetch,
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Ugo Matulić a.k.a. Spirit Walker-
> For the purposes of this blog I would like to be referred to as Spirit Walker. Miigwetch!

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The following posts are part of the 'Weekend of Awakening':
/For better understanding please read the corresponding comments!/

- Weekend of Awakening /An Introduction/,
- Spirit Walker meets Copper Thunderbird (Part III),
- Norval Morrisseau's Certificate of Authenticity (Part I), ~ PAINTING AUTHENTICATED BY FORENSIC SCIENCE (Click HERE for more info)
- Changing Faces of Ritchie "Stardreamer" Sinclair (Part IV),
- Norval Morrisseau's Certificate of Authenticity (Part II), ~ PAINTING AUTHENTICATED BY FORENSIC SCIENCE (Click HERE for more info)
- Others about NORVAL MORRISSEAU BLOG (Part I),
- The Genius of Norval Morrisseau,
- Norval Morrisseau's Certificate of Authenticity (Part III), ~ PAINTING AUTHENTICATED BY FORENSIC SCIENCE (Click HERE for more info)
- Spirit Walker meets Copper Thunderbird (Part IV),
- Changing Faces of Ritchie "Stardreamer" Sinclair (Part V),
- Manipulative Nature of Gabor Vadas (Part I),
- Norval Morrisseau's Certificate of Authenticity (Part IV), ~ PAINTING AUTHENTICATED BY FORENSIC SCIENCE (Click HERE for more info)
- www.norvalmorrisseaulegaldefencefund.com ~ material of this post was part of Statement of Claim in the court case Kinsman Robinson Galleries vs. Ugo Matulic /CV-10-417123/ - CASE WON BY THE DEFENDANT (click HERE),
- Norval Morrisseau's Certificate of Authenticity (Part V), ~ PAINTING AUTHENTICATED BY FORENSIC SCIENCE (Click HERE for more info)
- Mother Earth (Part IV),
- Norval Morrisseau's Certificate of Authenticity (Part VI), ~ PAINTING AUTHENTICATED BY FORENSIC SCIENCE (Click HERE for more info) &
- Weekend of Awakening /The Summary/~This post was part of Statement of Claim in the court case Kinsman Robinson Galleries vs. Ugo Matulic /CV-10-417123/ - CASE WON BY THE DEFENDANT.


CLOSING STATEMENT:
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After almost eighteen years since National Post article by Murray Whyte "Morrisseau fakes alleged" /National Post, May 18th, 2001/, and three years of investigation by Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Thunder Bay Police Service and after eight court cases over the period of twelve years (see reference posts listed below) nobody has ever been successful in pointing out one case where it was proven that someone made, sold, distributed or even marketed one "fake" Norval Morrisseau painting. 
 
In each of these court cases Mr. Joseph McLeod (1928-2017) of Maslak McLeod Gallery was referenced to or his appraisals were submitted and accounted for:

1.1 - Otavnik vs. Vadas SC 07-51428-00,
2.1 - Michael Moniz vs. CTV Globemedia Publishing Inc.,
3.1 - Drs. Browne and Witmer vs. Bearclaw Gallery,
4.1 - Otavnik vs. Sinclair SC 09-00082782-0000,
4.2 - CASE SUMMARY: Otavnik vs. Sinclair SC 09-00082782-0000,
5.1 - Hatfield vs. Child SC-09-087264-0000 &
6.1.- Kinsman Robinson Galleries vs. Ugo Matulic CV-10-417123,
7.1. - James White vs. Ritchie Sinclair SC-10-109226-00 
        /Formerly CV-08-00366828*/.
8.1. Kevin Hearn Vs. Joseph B. McLeod and Maslak McLeod Gallery Inc. /Court File No. CV-12-455650/
 

* - A claim when Joseph McLeod (c.o.b. Maslak McLeod Gallery), James White, White Distribution Limited, Donna Child, Artworld Inc. (c.o.b. Artworld of Sherway), Sun Nam Kim ("Sunny Kim"), Gallery Sunami Inc.(c.o.b. Gallery Sunami), Jackie Bugera and Bugera Holdings Ltd.(c.o.b. Bearclaw Gallery) sued Ritchie Sinclair (Ref.: click HERE).

Note: In January 2011, days before the case was to be officially declared abandoned by the Superior Court, James White reactivated the case. It appears, however, that White was acting alone. On August 5th, 2015 Deputy Judge CW Kilian Found Ritchie Sinclair Guilty & fined him $25,000 plus costs... (click HERE for more information). 

~ In all of the above listed court cases Forensic science have been used proving that paintings in question were signed by Norval Morrisseau and nobody else (click HERE).

* The illustration of this post is constisted of the following: - The photograph of Norval Morrisseau taken at the opening of his first art exhibition at Pollock Gallery in Toronto, 1962; - The background image taken from the illustration of the book "Crooked River" by Shelley Pearsall /ISBN: 0-375-82389-1/ & - The "Copper Thunderbird" Syllabics signature of Norval Morrisseau extracted from an original painting: "Syllabics": 53"x112", © 1980 Norval Morrisseau /Private Collection/