John Sauvé Artist Statement
We are all bodies in space, but where we fit into the scheme of things at large is still an open question. The cumulative effect of seeing the everyday elevated or in a new frame, It is the sense of discovering the same body in different circumstances, so it is less about the subject and more about the content. It has to do with questioning both the status of art and the nature of our built environment. In a time of rising financial and environmental awareness it asks the questions where does the human being fit into the scheme of things, more importantly, who we are and who we have to be.
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John Sauvé served as Executive Assistant to the founding Director of the Michigan Council for Arts, E. Ray Scott, with responsibility for the Michigan Commission on Art in Public Places. Sauvé prompted the creation of the Brighton Mayor’s Commission on Art in Public Places in Brighton, and served as its chairperson. Under Sauvé’s guidance, the Commission developed the Brighton Biennial Sculpture Exhibit, which installed 28 pieces of large-scale public art in the City of Brighton. As a result of the Brighton Biennial, Sauvé was asked to curate the City of Birmingham Cityscapes Sculpture Exhibit in which he included the works of Artists Mark di Suvero and Dennis Oppenheim into the show. John Sauvé conceived the development of the Green Oak Village Place Sculpture Park, a new outdoor life-style shopping center in Green Oak, Michigan. In 2008 the American Institute of Architects recognized his Design of the Green Oak Village Place Sculpture Park with the Merit Award. Sauvé served as curator the Blue Water International Sculpture Exhibit between Canada and the United States. Sauvé is presently overseeing the sculpture installation in the Stone Ridge Sculpture Park just outside Manhattan in Upstate New York. In 2010 Sauvé’s artwork was commissioned by the Marc Ecko Foundation to be the first public sculpture exhibit installed on New York City’s Highline. As part of the 2011 Art Chicago Sculpture Exhibit, Sauvé’s sculpture was located in font of the Merchandise Mart in Downtown Chicago. Recently honored with installing the first sculpture on the Detroit Riverfront in over 20 years. John has served arts and cultural organizations, including the Birmingham Public Art Board, Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, Michigan Commission on Art in Public Places, and Concerned Citizans for the Arts.
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