Barenaked Ladies keyboardist Kevin Hearn has been kicking at one particular corner of Canadian darkness for almost a decade now, ever since he discovered that a prized painting he bought was probably a forgery.Barenaked Ladies keyboardist Kevin Hearn likes to quote a line from the Bruce Cockburn song: “Got to kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight.
In 2010, Hearn included the painting in an Art Gallery of Ontario exhibition that he was curating – until professional curators informed him it wasn’t Morrisseau’s work.Hearn’s connection began in 2005 when he bought a large green painting that had what appeared to be Morrisseau’s signature on the back at a Toronto gallery. In 2010, he included it in an Art Gallery of Ontario exhibition that he was celebrity curating – until professional curators sadly informed him it wasn’t Morrisseau’s work.
“I saw it as a sign: The universe sent me Jamie,” Hearn said of his decision to try fighting through film. The Morrisseau fraud is an art-world scandal. It has severely damaged the legacy of this revered artist and, by raising questions about who was painting what, undermines the legitimacy of the Woodland School that followed his style.The most harrowing scenes involve the allegations made against the alleged ringleader, Gary Lamont, a Thunder Bay man now serving a five-year sentence on five counts of sexual assault.
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