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Current Work
PROMISES (WECOMES) and PROMISES (SEEKING RECOGNITIONS)
Large suspended canvas bags, shelters pierced by inverted letters. Inside, no tangible content, only illuminated emptiness, colored and defined by perforated fabric. The letters act as view ports, allowing the viewer to read portions of the text. Cycles of blended languages: Spanish and English echoing my French. I choose words that share Latin roots, similar in many cultures - at some point we no longer know which language we are reading. Family resemblances blur the words’ origins.
In this project, I am exploring language as an adaptation tool by means of comparing vocabulary samples. I cut up and sew panels of raw canvas, a material once used to fabricate tents, mail or army bags − objects of itinerancy. I employ an immigrant craft of survival: sewing in the textile industry. Once a domain of my French Canadian ancestors upon their arrival in New England, Latino Americans have replaced them and now play a similar role in the American economy. |
Short Bio
Danielle Sauvé is a Canadian sculptor and installation artist living and working in the Boston area. Born and raised in Montréal, she received her Bachelor of Visual Arts at the Université Laval, Québec, in 1981, and her Masters of Fine Arts at Concordia University, Montréal, in 1989. Danielle’s work has been exhibited widely in galleries and museums throughout Canada, the USA, as well as internationally. Her work was included in several group exhibitions and events, among those La Demeure, organized by Optica Gallery; L'Origine des choses and Les Temps chauds, organized by The Contemporary Art Museum of Montreal; and Anninivanta, an international exhibition curated by Renato Barilli in Italy. She has created permanent public art installations and has pieces in the permanent collections of several museums.
Since her relocation to Massachusetts in 2001, Danielle has lived between two worlds – her family and foreseeable future in Boston, her contacts and previous life in Montreal. This cultural and geographic distance reveals her foundations as well as the frontiers she carries with her. In her own words, “I observe the way mobility transforms my perception of the world and plays on the definition of my identity."
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Honors
Grant recipient, Canadian Art Council and the Quebec Art and Literature Council; recipient, Concordia University Fellowship |
Union Affiliations/Professional Organizations
CAA, RAAV
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Artist Location
Cambridge, MA
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Type of artist
Painter/Sculptor, Arts Educator, Other
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General Themes
Art Forms/Art Criticism, Race/Ethnicity/Cultural Identity, Body Image/Body Size, History |
Keywords
displacement, immigration,
visual language poetic, relocation, identity, Canada, Canadian |
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