The following interview appears in issue 96 of brick, which hits stores in the first week of december before people started telling her she was an artist, sophie calle was a young woman with a camera, an unusually intense curiosity, and time on her hands. We use cookies to deliver our online services and to provide more personalized services to you. See available photographs, prints and multiples, and sculpture for sale and learn about the artist. Sophie calle is the first artist i truly understood. Frish brandt, president of the gallery, joined in 1985. Shes passionate about the power of glance, with her unique and strong interpretation which captures the essence of a. In 1981, calle took a job as a chambermaid at a venice hotel and secretly photographed the rooms in the absence of the guests. In rachel, monique, sophie calle eulogizes her mother. Published in 1984, sophie calles lhotel is a perfect book.
This expanded edition of calle s 1994 classic features four new talesfirst published in french in 1994, quickly acclaimed as a photobook classic and since republished and enhanced, true stories returns for the fifth time, gathering a series of short. Growing up in a southern california suburb, culture was limited to whatever action film was playing at the multiplex. 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. My mother, my cat, my father, in that order from june 23september 9, 2017. Jun 06, 2009 new yorkthe paula cooper gallery is pleased to present the first u. This mingling of fact and fiction so intrigued calle that she created the works of art created by the fictional character, which included a series of colorcoordinated meals. Many of her works juxtapose writing and photography to. Her work frequently depicts human vulnerability, and examines identity and intimacy. Aubry, adam bartos, ferenc berko, machiel botman, pierre boucher, bill brandt, brassai, josef breitenbach. For almost forty years, calle has made work that exposes intimate experience to public view, using still images, video, film, books, performance and text.
This expanded edition of calles 1994 classic features four new talesfirst published in french in 1994, quickly acclaimed as a photobook classic and since republished and enhanced, true stories returns for the fifth time, gathering a series of short. Calles trade is a conceptual installation comprised of a. Most but not all artists in the nga database have works online tate gallery, london, uk akron art museum, ohio new. Paris, france, 1953 uses the mediums of photography, video, film, books, text, and performance to pursue her sociological and. Apr 10, 2017 sophie calle in her home studio in the paris suburb of malakoff. In her conceptual and poetic works, sophie calle consciously conceals the borders between art and life, fiction and reality, and between the private and public. Sophie calle at the hara museum of contemporary art. The wedding dress, from true stories, 2010 by sophie calle.
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. Paris, france, 1953 uses the mediums of photography, video, film, books, text, and performance to pursue her sociological and autobiographical investigations. View sophie calle biographical information, artworks upcoming at auction, and sale prices from our price archives. Over the course of her 38yearlong career, sophie calle has established herself as one of frances most celebrated conceptual artists. 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. Roger scruton, in his excellent essay photography and representation concluded that what makes photography a uniqe medium is the fact that it is essentially a mechanical process and as such it cannot be representational unlike painting or other representational arts photography has no intention to represent something else. Explore current exhibitions of sophie calle 143, french on mutualart. Over the past 30 years, artist sophie calle born 1953 has orchestrated small.
Mar 04, 2017 the deutsche borse photography foundation prize 2017, featuring sophie calles new work, is at the photographers gallery. Click on the view objects by this artist link brooklyn museum, new york city centre pompidou, paris in french information about the 20032004 exhibition sophie calle. Available for sale from fraenkel gallery, sophie calle, 2018. Sophie aymon hidden garden art gallery costa rica fine art. From january 23rd to march 21st 2020, the fraenkel gallery is presenting sophie calle. This is the artists third exhibition with fraenkel gallery fraenkellab, and it will feature works from her series autobiographies, which pair short autobiographical texts and photographs my mother, my cat, my father, in that order follows upon the deaths of calle.
Rachel, monique, sophie calles installation at the episcopal church of the heavenly rest, examines her mothers life and death through photographs, diary entries and. 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. Laure albinguillot, khalik allah, roswell angier, arthur s. Published in 1984, sophie calle s lhotel is a perfect book. Fraenkel gallery has presented more than 350 exhibitions, with a focus on photography and its relation to other arts including painting, drawing, sculpture, and video.
Heibonsha, a major publisher, has released a book, the true stories of sophie calle. Sophie calle has been described as a conceptual artist, a photographer. Because, an exhibition on view for the first time in the us. 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. These are all intriguing introductions to calles work, but the pick of the. Born in paris, calle traveled for seven years after completing her studies. Contemporary art gallery focused on exploring photography and its relation to other media linkin. Sophie calle has 50 books on goodreads with 8121 ratings. 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. In 1990, during an exhibition of calles work at the institute of contemporary art, boston, calle was interviewed for a parkett magazine article by sheena wagstaff.
Sophie calle is a contemporary french conceptual artist known for her explorations of personal relationships and chance events. Thank you for being a part of our memorable journey thus far, including more than 350 exhibitions, 80 art fairs, and 66 books spanning photographys beginnings to multidisciplinary work of the present day. In each piece, a felt curtain embroidered with calle s writing conceals a hidden photograph behind it. At calles request the interview took place at the gardner in front of jan vermeers 165860 painting the concert, one of calles favorite paintings. May 16, 2014 rachel, monique, sophie calles installation at the episcopal church of the heavenly rest, examines her mothers life and death through photographs, diary entries and a deathbed film. The aspen art museum is a noncollecting institution presenting the newest, most important evolutions in international contemporary art. A lot of people here write very negatively about postmodern. In the late 1970s, finding herself at loose ends in paris, she started playing games with unwitting strangers. Many of her works juxtapose writing and photography to question. Sophie calle was born on october 9, 1953 in paris, france. Presenting the audience with a text before each picture is calle s way of upending the usual order in which we read images, creating a creative. Sophie calle in her home studio in the paris suburb of malakoff.
Her work has often drawn from difficult moments in her personal life. At her gallery shows, calle frequently supplies suggestion forms on which visitors are encouraged to furnish ideas for her art, while she sits. Sophie calle born 1953 is a french writer, photographer, installation artist, and conceptual artist. The fertile mind of sophie calle the new york times. Now that i think of it 99% of my books have pictures in them. Sophie calle exquisite pain, 15 days ago 1984 available.
Because, an exhibition of new works on view for the first time in the u. 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. Artists jz rz sophie aymon born in france and a world traveler, artist sophie aymon is said to bring portraits from reality to mystery. Calles work springs up around the association of an image and a narrative around. Courtesy of sophie calle and paula cooper gallery, new york. Calle has carried out and documented these melancholy games in books. While in california she developed an interest in photography and learned basic. The exhibition is calle s fourth at fraenkel gallery and will be on view from january 23 to march 21, 2020.
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. Our innovative and timely exhibitions, education and public programs, immersive activities, and community happenings actively engage audiences in thoughtprovoking experiences of art, culture, and society. Calles work is distinguished by its use of arbitrary sets of constraints, and evokes the french literary movement of the 1960s known as oulipo. If you own the previous big sophie calle book, this the same, but new. For fraenkel gallery s 40th anniversary, were celebrating with a retrospective look at some of the people, occasions, and works of art that have made up the gallery s first four decades. In presenting viewers with the text before the picture, calle upends the usual order in which. Figure 2 image sequences reproduced by kind permission of xavier barral and sophie calle sophie calle has built a unique career as a conceptual artist using a combination of texts and photographs in a range of projects. In each piece, a curtain embroidered with calle s writing conceals a hidden photograph behind it.
Available for sale from perrotin, sophie calle, exquisite pain, 15 days ago 1984, photographs, embroidery, flax, aluminum, framing, 192. Feb 23, 2011 sophie calle asked writer and filmmaker paul auster to invent a fictive character which i would attempt to resemble9 and served as the model for the character maria in austers novel leviathan 1992. Sophie calle born 9 october 1953 is a french writer, photographer, installation artist, and conceptual artist. New yorkthe paula cooper gallery is pleased to present the first u. Sophie calles the address book, an excerpt the new yorker. Published by xavier barral, 2019 texts and pictures by sophie calle texts in. Sophie calle, lhotel, chambre 25 san francisco museum. The show will open on 9 april 2009 and will remain on view through may at 534 west 21st street. Her playful lifeasart work doesnt stop with magazine photo shoots.
In the early nineteeneighties, the french artist sophie calle, who is known for projects that involve immersing herself in the lives of strangers or. In rachel, monique, sophie calle eulogizes her mother the. With selfestablished behavioral instructions and rituals, she transforms her daily life with a series of performances, usually executed as a combination of texts and photographs. Working with photography, video, and text, she is known for conceptual projects, often controversial, that explore all facets of human life, during which the frontiers of art and life, reality and fiction, private and public constantly and playfully shift. Calle s trade is a conceptual installation comprised of a combination of. Sophie calle born 9 october 1953 is a french writer, photographer, installation artist, and. 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. Sophie calle is a french contemporary multidisciplinary artist. Fraenkel gallery is pleased to present sophie calle. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices.
See more ideas about sophie calle, paul auster and narrative photography. Also, a calle gallery show, double games, is in at ginzas prestigious gallery koyanagi. Perhaps her most contentious work, address book 1983 was inspired by an address book. She left paris after completing school to travel abroad. Nov 20, 2015 the following interview appears in issue 96 of brick, which hits stores in the first week of december before people started telling her she was an artist, sophie calle was a young woman with a camera, an unusually intense curiosity, and time on her hands. Fraenkel gallery is a contemporary art gallery in san francisco founded by jeffrey fraenkel in 1979.
This mingling of fact and fiction so intrigued calle that she created the works of art created by the fictional character, which included a. Sophie calle, autobiographies the bed, 1988 sfmoma. One of calles first projects to generate public controversy was address book 1983. Her work often incorporates elements of voyeurism, surveillance, and personal narrative to explore the nature of love, intimacy, violence and death. Sophie calle asked writer and filmmaker paul auster to invent a fictive character which i would attempt to resemble and served as the model for the character maria in austers novel leviathan. 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.