Entanglements and Teachings in the Art of Norval Morrisseau
Dr Carmen Robertson
On September 20th 2023, Carmen Robertson delivered the Frances K. Smith lecture delivered by Carmen Robertson at the Agnes Etherington Art Gallery.
To study the art of Norval Morrisseau is to become entangled in several complicatedly intertwisted narrative threads. Dr Robertson leads the Morrisseau Project: 1955–1985 research team working to build a database of his art and archival sources, design an online digital storylines project, and publish a book on his art and life from this period. Following the interconnected lines of inquiry his artworks posit, Robertson interrogates some of the complex teachings that Anishinaabe artist Norval Morrisseau’s visual storytelling language quietly offers twenty-first century audiences.
Entanglements and Teachings in the Art of Norval Morrisseau, is now live on Digital Agnes, Vimeo and YouTube.