Mythologizing Norval Morrisseau examines the complex identities assigned to Anishinaabe artist Norval Morrisseau. Was he an uneducated artist plagued by alcoholism and homelessness? Was Morrisseau a shaman artist who tapped a deep spiritual force? Or was he simply one of Canada's most significant artists? Carmen L. Robertson charts both the colonial attitudes and the stereotypes directed at Morrisseau and other Indigenous artists in Canada's national press. Robertson also examines Morrisseau's own shaping of his image.--$cFrom publisher's website.Using discourse analysis methods, Robertson looks at news stories, magazine articles, and film footage, ranging from Morrisseau's first solo exhibition at Toronto's Pollock Gallery in 1962 until his death in 2007 to examine the cultural assumptions that have framed Morrisseau.--$cFrom publisher's website.
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- Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-214) and index
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Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Contents 6
- Illustrations 7
- Introduction: Discipline, Performativity, and Morrisseau 12
- Chapter 1. Mythmaking and Primitivism 28
- Chapter 2. 1962: Morrisseau's Arrival 68
- Chapter 3. 1970s: The Shaman Arrives 91
- Chapter 4. 1980s: An Unruly International Art Star 118
- Chapter 5. 2006: Re-Mythologizing Mishomis 148
- Conclusion 175
- Acknowledgements 191
- Notes 192
- Bibliography 215
- Index 224