Coming Up
Where are the Mothers?
at
Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, ON
November- December 2009
Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, SK
March - April 2010
Curated by Robert Freeman and Amanda Cachia
Star and John working on a song
Duvall invites professional musicians to assist individuals who have taken alternative life paths to write songs about their mothers. She also gives voice to mothers whose offspring have taken paths other than what one usually expects for one’s adored babies. These alternative paths may include involvement with the legal system, battles with addictions, living or working on the street, or other directions.
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Look for the project
JUST A TRIM
in the Case Study Display Case
Jan - April 2008
10th Floor Arts Building,
University of Saskatchewan
Organized by Joan Borsa
For this project, artist Linda Duvall visits hair salons with interesting names in various local and international locations. She requests ‘just a trim’. From that point on, it is up to the stylist/hair cutter to decide how Duvall’s hair should look. Decisions about the resulting hair creation depend on the stylist’s assumptions about the artist based on her presenting appearance, on the hairstyles currently in vogue, or even on the stylist's favorite cut.
After each visit to the salon, the stylist or someone nearby takes images both of the artist and the exterior of the salon. The artist maintains her ‘new’ look for the rest of the day.
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Desperately Sorry
Emails
an Artist Book by Linda Duvall
is included in the second last issue of
Blackflash Magazine
The combination of flowers and emails provide invaluable support both during
the initial hours and days following a death, and in the ongoing grieving period.
Flowers have remained a constant means of expressing condolence over hundreds of years.
The advent of email has shifted the speed at which the occurrence of a death is
communicated. The news of a death is spread across that family’s extended
Internet community within hours. This in turn affects the nature of the expression
of grief. Email messages have generally replaced the preprinted standardized
sympathy cards. A notable result of this change is that one must use one’s
personal words to communicate something often difficult to express.
Such messages are received very soon after a death has occurred, often before the funeral has happened.
Essentially these emails are being inserted into the primary rituals of death, joining the nonverbal
communication of the floral arrangements.
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