Sophie calle artist books, photographs, prints, editions. Perhaps her most contentious work, address book 1983 was inspired by an address book. Read selected text pdf view artist documents in archive view contribution to parkett vol. Her work frequently depicts human vulnerability, and examines identity and intimacy. Oct 08, 2012 sophie calles the address book, an excerpt. The address book, a key and controversial work in sophie calles oeuvre, lies at the epicenter of many layers of reality. A sacred spot for sophie calles installation the new. She then embarked on a search to come to know this stranger by contacting listed individualsin essence, following him through the map. Calle documents her attempts to follow her subject. Apr 23, 2015 sophie calle is an artist of the unexpected. Sophie calle detail from the hotel, room 24, march 2, 1983.
The book features calle s bestknown works, including the blind, no sex last night, the hotel, the address book and a woman vanishes, as well as previously unseen images. Sophie calle has been described as a conceptual artist, a photographer, a movie director or even a. Sophie calle, the birthday ceremony detail 3 1998 sophie calle is fascinated by the interface between our public lives and our private selves. Variously described as a conceptual artist, a photographer, a movie director, and even a detective, she has developed a practice that is instantly recognizable for its distinct narrative elements and frequent combination of images with text. Auster borrows calles projects for maria, an artist character in his novel. Available for sale from perrotin, sophie calle, des journees entieres sous le signe du b, du c, du w, digital print on 100% cotton paper, 70. Having found a lost address book on the street in paris, calle copied the pages before returning it anonymously to its owner. Having found a lost address book on the street in paris, artist sophie calle copied the pages before returning it anonymously to its owner. In 1981, calle took a job as a chambermaid at a venice hotel and secretly photographed the rooms in the absence of the guests. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Published in 1984, sophie calle s lhotel is a perfect book. Worldrenowned sophie calle causes contemporary art to join visual culture. Sophie calle is a french writer, photographer, installation artist, and conceptual artist. Calle s work is distinguished by its use of arbitrary sets of constraints, and evokes the french literary movement of the 1960s known as oulipo.
Auster borrows calles projects for maria, an artist character in his novel, and calle then borrows austers novel for her projects. Reading and making notes on sophie calles new publication, i am trying to be attentive, but am distracted with loneliness. Sophie calle des journees entieres sous le signe du b, du c. Sophie calle was born into an intellectual and creative household in 1953 paris, where she experienced an unconventional childhood. In the late 1970s, her career began when she photographed the. Sophie calle and the san francisco bay area missing and the related programming add a new chapter to sophie calles special relationship with the san francisco bay area.
In suite venitienne, sophie calles first artists bookand the crucible of her inimitable and provocative fusion of investigatory methods, fictional constructs, the plundering of real life and the artful composition of selfshe notates, in diaristic, timestamped entries, her surveillance of henri b. Now, the address book, a key and controversial work in calles oeuvre. Wearing many different hats detective, documentarian, behavioural scientist and diarist sophie calle is connecting art to life. Sophie calle, mas tu vue exhibition catalogue boutique. Apr 10, 2017 sophie calle in her home studio in the paris suburb of malakoff. May 11, 2017 calles most recent cultural hit was the 2007 venice biennale piece take care of yourself, in which calle asked women to read a breakup email from a former boyfriend, curating the results. Over the course of her 38yearlong career, sophie calle has established herself as one of frances most celebrated conceptual artists. The address book, a key and controversial work in sophie calles oeuvre, lies at the epicenter of many layers of reality and fiction. Sophie calle was the recipient of the 2010 hasselblad award for photography and the 2017 icp infinity award. Her most extraordinary works address rather ordinary human tendencies, from the morbid curiosity informing lhomme au carnet the address book, 1983 to the amorous betrayal of douleur exquise exquisite pain, 19842003, but calle knows how to up the. Born in paris, calle traveled for seven years after completing her studies. He said he was moving to venice, so she moved to venice and there, she began to follow him. A bit of sophie calle in 2020 narrative photography.
Suite venitienne was the resulting book, first published in 1979 and rereleased this month in collaboration with siglio. This commodity does not happen to be bronze or marble, however, but information, the elusive stuff that circulates constantly between consciousness, document and cyberspace. She thus asserts that her oeuvre is comprised of several petri dishlike experiments. Sophie calle with images narrative photography, sophie. In the early nineteeneighties, the french artist sophie calle, who is known. The book features calles bestknown works, including the blind, no sex last night, the hotel, the address book and a woman vanishes, as well as previously unseen images. Sophie calles the address book, an excerpt the new yorker. See available photographs, prints and multiples, and sculpture for sale and learn about the artist. Her oncologist father, robert calle, was a renowned art collector and former director of the nimes carre dart, a contemporary art museum. Sophie calle, paul auster and the quest for identity. Having found a lost address book on the street in paris, calle copied the pages before returning it to its anonymous owner. We use cookies to deliver our online services and to provide more personalized services to you. Her playful lifeasart work doesnt stop with magazine photo shoots. Sep 23, 2009 from following a stranger to venice to burying her mothers jewellery at the north pole, sophie calle is frances foremost artist of the unexpected wed 23 sep 2009 16.
A controversial figure as well as one of frances leading conceptual artists, sophie calle explores her own psychological and emotional terrain in multimedia works, probing ideas of control, freedom, gender, intimacy, and distance in human relationships. Calles work is distinguished by its use of arbitrary sets of constraints, and evokes the french literary movement of the 1960s known as oulipo. Amelia gentleman talks to sophie calle, frances most famous conceptual artist, about the upsides of misery, the pull of the bizarre and the joy of being in a paul auster novel. Sophie calle is a french artist who has exhibited extensively throughout the world since the late 1970s. Having found a lost address book on the street in paris, artist sophie calle copied the. Photographs, diary excerpts and video stills sit alongside three critical essays, and intimate interviews with the artist and with fellow artist damien hirst. This thesis examines contemporary french artist sophie calles book double game and american author paul austers novel leviathan. She explores what it is to be an observer and to be observed. The address book, a key and controversial work in sophie calle s oeuvre, lies at the epicenter of many layers of reality and fiction.
I walk with jacques give him a kiss and continue my walk alone. Perrotin contemporary art gallery founded in 1990 in paris by emmanuel perrotin, at the age of 21, perrotin is a contemporary art gallery located on 3 continents. Sophie calle born 9 october 1953 is a french writer, photographer, installation artist, and conceptual artist. Sep 30, 2012 the address book, a key and controversial work in sophie calles oeuvre, lies at the epicenter of many layers of reality and fiction. When she returned to paris in 1979, she began a series of projects to familiarize herself with the people of the city, through which she hoped to construct identities by offering documentary proof in the form of photogra. Like a sculptor of a past century, sophie calle in her art manipulates and reconfigures a commodity central to the economy of her time. She then began contacting the peoplein essence, following him through the map of his family, friends, lovers, and acquaintances. The fertile mind of sophie calle the new york times. Working across photography, film, and text, her oftcontroversial projects involve thorough documentation of other peoples lives and her interactions with them, as seen in her work suite venitienne 1980 wherein the artist followed a stranger from paris to venice. Now, the address book, a key and controversial work in calles oeuvre, is being published for the first time in its entirety in english as a beautiful trade edition. Published in 1984, sophie calles lhotel is a perfect book.
I see his silhouette on the we meander from room to room. Sophie calle is a contemporary french conceptual artist known for her explorations of personal relationships and chance events. Mar 07, 2009 sophie calles art mixes image and text to provoke the kind of intense emotional response usually inspired by epic literature or film. This has led her to investigate patterns of behaviour using techniques akin to those of a private investigator, a psychologist, or a forensic scientist.
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