[DOC] Faded and Threadbare Historic Textiles and their Role in Houses Open to the Public by Margaret Ponsonby at Arts-Photography

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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 Canadarsquo;s most significant artists?Carmen L. Robertson charts both the colonial attitudes and the stereotypes directed at Morrisseau and otherIndigenous artists in Canadarsquo;s national press. Robertson also examines Morrisseaursquo;s own shaping of his image.An internationally known and award-winning artist from a remote area of northwestern Ontario; Morrisseau founded an art movement known as Woodland Art developed largely from Indigenous and personal creative elements. Still; until his retrospective exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada in 2006; many Canadians knew almost nothing aboutMorrisseaursquo;s work.Using discourse analysis methods; Robertson looks at news stories; magazine articles; and film footage; ranging from Morrisseaursquo;s first solo exhibition at Torontorsquo;s Pollock Gallery in 1962 until his death in 2007 to examine the cultural assumptions that have framed Morrisseau.