Sophie calle has 50 books on goodreads with 8121 ratings. Featuring a stamped pink metallic cover, multiple paper changes, special boundin booklets. She was called successively rachel, monique, szyndler, calle, pagliero, gonthier, sindler, reads the first lines of sophie calle. The fertile mind of sophie calle the new york times. After finding a lost address book, the artist sets out to understand i. She then interviewed the people listed within and published the results in the french daily liberation. Mar 24, 2015 for more than 30 years now, sophie calle has engaged in art as provocation. Sophie calle makes portraits of herself and strangers through investigative methods including surveillance, interviews, photography, and text. 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. Many of her works juxtapose writing and photography to. First auster managed to seduce calle with the novel leviathan 1992, featuring a character named maria turner based on the real conceptual artist sophie calle. Sophie calles thirtyminute video unfinished 2005, on display at the utah museum of contemporary art umoca, narrates the artists troubled fifteenyear investigation of money. Fraenkel gallery is pleased to present sophie calle. Apr 10, 2017 sophie calle in her home studio in the paris suburb of malakoff.
Founded in 1997, has become a leading book price comparison site. Why are bono, pharrell and michael stipe paying tribute to. New yorkthe paula cooper gallery is pleased to present exquisite pain, an exhibition by acclaimed french artist sophie calle. Like a sculptor of a past century, sophie calle in her art manipulates and reconfigures a commodity central to the economy of her time. Both hide behind their cameras as they make the mythical journey westward from new york to california in gregs troubling convertible. Sophie calle in her home studio in the paris suburb of malakoff. She then embarked on a search to come to know this stranger by contacting listed individualsin essence, following him through the map. For more than 30 years now, sophie calle has engaged in art as provocation. Sophie calle investigates the distance between us in suite. The copies from 110 to 610 were realized in 1980, the copies from 710 to 1010 and the artist proof ea 110 a ea 1010 were realized in 1990. Buy this book distinguished french writer and artist calle investigates the construction of identity. Calles work is distinguished by its use of arbitrary sets of constraints, and evokes the french literary movement of the 1960s known as oulipo.
Calles route includes systematic trailing and sporadic tracking of strangers with whom. The video moves chronologically from calles receipt, in 1988, of seven stills from the security cameras of an american bank, to her acquisition of three full tapes of atm security. The exhibition will be on view from may 7 through june 25, 2005, at 534 west 21st street. The address book, a key and controversial work in sophie calle s oeuvre, lies at the epicenter of many layers of reality and fiction. See available photographs, prints and multiples, and sculpture for sale and learn about the artist. In les aveugles the blind, created in 1986, she questioned blind people on their representation of beauty. Sep 30, 2012 the address book, a key and controversial work in sophie calle s oeuvre, lies at the epicenter of many layers of reality and fiction.
In this remarkable artists book, french conceptual artistprovocateur sophie calle presents 107 outside interpretations of a breakup email she received from her lover the day he ended their affair. Sophie calles the address book, an excerpt the new yorker. In the early nineteeneighties, the french artist sophie calle, who is known for projects that involve immersing herself in the lives of strangers or. Her work often incorporates elements of voyeurism, surveillance, and personal narrative to explore the nature of love, intimacy, violence and death. Blind by sophie calle and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Sophie calle is a contemporary french conceptual artist known for her explorations of personal relationships and chance events. Dec 27, 2012 sophie calle npr coverage of sophie calle. An allstar memorial album for souris the cat is the latest project from french artist sophie calle wed 17 oct 2018 12. Sophie calle was born into an intellectual and creative household in 1953 paris, where she experienced an unconventional childhood. 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.
The haunting story of sophie calles mother, told through diary excerpts and family photographs. Having found a lost address book on the street in paris, artist sophie calle copied the pages before returning it anonymously to its owner. Perhaps her most contentious work, address book 1983 was inspired by an address book. She then embarked on a search to come to know this stranger by contacting listed individualsin essence, following. The address book, a key and controversial work in sophie calles oeuvre, lies at the epicenter of many layers of reality and fiction. Lhotel french edition french paperback 1984 by sophie calle author. The great french conceptual artist reveals how she persevered and finally got her revenge. 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. Rachel monique is a highly personal and moving book, intimate and universal in its expressions of mourning and memory. French artist sophie calle and american photographer greg shephards autobiographical account of their road trip across america. Sophie calle tito limited to only 10 copies signed photographs.
In each piece, a felt curtain embroidered with calles writing conceals a hidden photograph behind it. She may be a an excellent stalker, but in her pursuit of strangers, calle presents a. Sophie calles written accounts of these encountersjuxtaposed with her photographsoriginally appeared as serial in the french newspaper liberation over the course of one month in 1983. Intrusive, invasive, inquisitive calle madeleine schwartz. Since the 1980s, her work has been shown at galleries and museums throughout the world, including the whitney museum of american art and the museum of modern art, new york, tate modern, london and pariss centre pompidou, which hosted a major retrospective in 2005. In suite venitienne siglio press, 2015 calle follows an acquaintance, henri b.
Her playful lifeasart work doesnt stop with magazine photo shoots. Critics of calles work often describe it as mere snooping. If the name turner rings a bell, its because a writer named turner is the subject of. This will be the artists second oneperson exhibition with the gallery since double game, in february march 2001. The project, originally published as a serial in the newspaper. 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. The books and articles below constitute a bibliography of the sources. Get the best deal by comparing prices from over 100,000 booksellers. Jan 09, 2011 when sophie calle first tried photography, she was told to pick another career. In presenting viewers with the text before the picture, calle upends the usual order in which. Buy this book distinguished french writer and artist calle. Paris, france, 1953 uses the mediums of photography, video, film, books, text, and performance to pursue her sociological and autobiographical investigations. Help us create the kind of literary community youve always dreamed of.
Sophie calle investigates the distance between us in. Her oncologist father, robert calle, was a renowned art collector and former director of the nimes carre dart, a contemporary art museum. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Sophie calle, the tie, for parkett 36 the parkett books and. Her work frequently depicts human vulnerability, and examines identity and intimacy. Sophie calles work is on the complete opposite end of the spectrum it is intimate and emotional, it quietly asks you to hold it, almost always as a book, and experience it at your own pace. Oct 08, 2012 in the early nineteeneighties, the french artist sophie calle, who is known for projects that involve immersing herself in the lives of strangers or allowing strangers a view of her own life. Nov 01, 2015 in the address book, the french artist sophie calle found an address book on a paris street, photocopied its pages, and returned it to its owner. Basics plus, university place all photos by the author for hyperallergic in april 1981, a detective followed the french artist sophie calle through the streets of paris for one day.
She may be a an excellent stalker, but in her pursuit of strangers. Because, an exhibition of new works on view for the first time in the u. I first learned of sophie calle in gregoire boulliers short novel, the mystery guest and then tore through her short book, the address book. As gil pasternak observes, in the first six decades of the twentieth century, photographic scholars were primarily interested in highbrow artistic. This commodity does not happen to be bronze or marble, however, but information, the elusive stuff that circulates constantly between consciousness, document and cyberspace. Take care of yourself posted on april 3, 2015 by stevemiddlehurst this is a strange exercise, i am about critique, or at least comment upon, a series of photographs and text by sophie calle, this is not the strange part. Sophie calle, louise lawler, richard misrach, diane neumaier, richard ross, thomas struth. Sophie calle, the tie, for parkett 36 the parkett books. Sophie calle is a french writer, photographer, installation artist, and conceptual artist. Take care of yourself is a whip smart, elegant monument to the complicated matter that is romantic communication. Nov 20, 2012 its fascinating to read the french conceptual artist sophie calles the address book in the age of social media. Sophie calle born 9 october 1953 is a french writer, photographer, installation artist, and conceptual artist.
She then embarked on a search to come to know this stranger by contacting listed individualsin essence, following him through. Jun 18, 2016 basics plus, university place all photos by the author for hyperallergic in april 1981, a detective followed the french artist sophie calle through the streets of paris for one day. Its fascinating to read the french conceptual artist sophie calles the address book in the age of social media. Many of her works juxtapose writing and photography to question. Sophie calle born 1953 creates works exploring the tensions between the observed, the reported, the secret and the unsaid. Jan 23, 2020 fraenkel gallery is pleased to present sophie calle. Is it just a coincidence that this fantastical catalogue of french artist sophie calle s projects over the years ever so slightly resembles, in its intimate size 23. Sophie calle is an internationally recognized french artist.
In the address book, the french artist sophie calle found an address book on a paris street, photocopied its pages, and returned it to its owner. Is it just a coincidence that this fantastical catalogue of french artist sophie calles projects over the years ever so slightly resembles, in its intimate size 23. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. She then began contacting the peoplein essence, following him through the map of his family, friends, lovers, and acquaintances. Over the course of her 38yearlong career, sophie calle has established herself as one of frances most celebrated conceptual artists.
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