When a boyfriend brokeup with her by email, french artist sophie calle asked 107 women to read the letter and to analyse it according to their professional interest. Her work often incorporates elements of voyeurism, surveillance, and personal narrative to explore the nature of love, intimacy, violence and death. The legendary work in which artist and provocateur sophie calle finds an address book on the street in paris. From a phone booth, f, whom would very much like him to see. 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. Calles work is distinguished by its use of arbitrary sets of constraints, and evokes the french literary movement of the 1960s known as oulipo. Sophie calle the address book amateurism, feona attwood asserts, acts as a guarantor of authenticity. In the early nineteeneighties, the french artist sophie calle, known for projects that involve immersing herself in the lives of strangers or. Sophie calle, the birthday ceremony detail 3 1998 sophie calle is fascinated by the interface between our public lives and our private selves.
But paul auster has slipped some rules of his own inventing into his portrait of maria. Apr 10, 2017 over the course of her 38yearlong career, sophie calle has established herself as one of frances most celebrated conceptual artists. In leviathan, maria puts herself through the same rituals as i did. Her fascination for human behaviour and the interface between peoples private and public lives has led to her exploring techniques of investigation similar to those of a private investigator, forensic scientist. Having found a lost address book on the street in paris, artist sophie calle copied the pages before returning it anonymously to its owner.
Apr 23, 2015 sophie calle is an artist of the unexpected. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. 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 photographs. In a 2008 conversation between artists sophie calle and jill magid, calle noted that lhomme au carnet aka the address book, 1983 was her only work to date where she went too far. Mar 01, 2017 the deadpan tone, typical of calle, is heightened by the payoff, a phone message received from a friend. The deadpan tone, typical of calle, is heightened by the payoff, a phone message received from a friend. See available photographs, prints and multiples, and sculpture for sale and learn about the artist. Her work frequently depicts human vulnerability, and examines identity and intimacy. Sophie calles art mixes image and text to provoke the kind of intense emotional response usually inspired by epic literature or film. Double game was the first major publication in english by french artist sophie calle, and her bestselling title to date. Sophie calle is a contemporary french conceptual artist known for her explorations of personal relationships and chance events.
I first learned of sophie calle in gregoire boulliers short novel, the mystery guest and then tore through her short book, the address book. The perception of truth is something calle has been working with from the beginning she maintains that people ask her whether her stories are real so frequently that she opted to call one of her books true stories 1994, which. Sophie calles the address book, an excerpt the new yorker. This commodity does not happen to be bronze or marble, however, but information, the elusive stuff that circulates constantly between consciousness, document and cyberspace. Sophie calle is getting ready to publish one of her early controversial works, the address book, in book form in english for the first time, with art. Many of her works juxtapose writing and photography to question. In an email, i requested an interview with calle for a book. Over the course of her 38yearlong career, sophie calle has established herself as one of frances most celebrated conceptual artists. Paris, france, 1953 uses the mediums of photography, video, film, books, text, and performance to pursue her sociological and autobiographical investigations. I first tried to contact her in february of this year through the fraenkel gallery in san francisco. Like a sculptor of a past century, sophie calle in her art manipulates and reconfigures a commodity central to the economy of her time. You tell sophie calle a secret, she writes it down, then you pop it through a little slot in an obelisk and there your secret stays. Nov 20, 2012 its fascinating to read the french conceptual artist sophie calles the address book in the age of social media.
The is gray suede breeches, black tights, a gray raincoat. Sophie calle et son invitee serena carone is calles first exhibition in france since her retrospective at the centre pompidou in 2003, though she had a major retrospective at fort mason in san francisco earlier this year. Sophie calle born 9 october 1953 is a french writer, photographer, installation artist, and conceptual artist. The images below show images of the chromatic diet. Calles short, deadpan texts about each interaction and an accompanying black andwhite photograph were published daily from august 2 to. In the early nineteeneighties, the french artist sophie calle, who is known. Not only hungry be to co go and t anything to you coupon to the dont b mean the thing. It takes the form of a double jeu, a double game, between the work of sophie calle and the fiction of paul auster. She explores what it is to be an observer and to be observed. Here began calle s obsession with attaining an intimacy with people while maintaining a cool distance. She then embarked on a search to come to know this stranger by contacting listed individualsin essence, following him through the map. Gelatin silver print, two chromogenic prints, and text panel accession.
Sophie calles voyeuristic fascination with the lives of others inspired the hotel, a project she executed in the early 1980s while posing as a chambermaid at a hotel in venice, italy. In order to bring maria and myself closer together, i decided. May 11, 2017 you tell sophie calle a secret, she writes it down, then you pop it through a little slot in an obelisk and there your secret stays. In a 2008 conversation between artists sophie calle and jill magid, calle noted that lhomme au carnet aka the address book, 1983 was her.
The address book, a key and controversial work in sophie calles oeuvre, lies at the epicenter of many layers of reality. Sophie calle, the chromatic diet 1998 research sophie calles mixture of artistic strategy with daily life is one of the conceptional leads in photography. Sophie calle is a french artist who has exhibited extensively throughout the world since the late 1970s. 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.
Calle photographs obsessed with intimate lives the tech. Sophie calles controversial address book will be published as a. The birthday ceremony is french artist sophie calles first major sculptural installation which was specially conceived for the art now room at the tate gallery, london, uk. Sep 03, 2008 when a boyfriend brokeup with her by email, french artist sophie calle asked 107 women to read the letter and to analyse it according to their professional interest. Sophie calle address book finally published after subjects death, amid controversy photos. Having found a lost address book on the street in paris, calle copied the pages before returning it to its anonymous owner. 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. 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. Oct 08, 2012 sophie calles the address book, an excerpt. This community page is administrated by claire duchesne in agreement with the artist and galerie perrotin.
Published in 2007 a smaller hardback format, reprising all the qualities of the first edition, to coincide. In 1983 sophie calle found a man named pierres address book on a sidewalk in paris. Take care of yourself is a whip smart, elegant monument to the complicated matter that is romantic communication. She then published a collection of photographs and writings in her book. Having found a lost address book on the street in paris, calle copied the pages before returning it anonymously to its owner. Born in paris, calle traveled for seven years after completing her studies. This has led her to investigate patterns of behaviour using techniques akin to those of a private investigator, a psychologist, or a forensic scientist. 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. Perhaps her most contentious work, address book 1983 was inspired by an address book. We use cookies to deliver our online services and to provide more personalized services to you.
Its fascinating to read the french conceptual artist sophie calles the address book in the age of social media. Sophie calle was the recipient of the 2010 hasselblad award for photography and the 2017 icp infinity award. Sophie calle, the chromatic diet 1998 research daniel. Sophie calle was born on october 9, 1953 in paris, france.
Sophie calle, the tie, for parkett 36 the parkett books. Sophie calle has 50 books on goodreads with 8121 ratings. In her work, she has attempted to metaphorically seduce her. Here began calles obsession with attaining an intimacy with people while maintaining a cool distance. The address book, a key and controversial work in sophie calles oeuvre, lies at the epicenter of many layers of reality and fiction.
While in california she developed an interest in photography and learned basic. She then embarked on a search to come to know this stranger. 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. Sophie calle, a frenchborn conceptual artist with a finetuned sense of humor, is a worldclass snoop. Instead of sending the address book back to pierre, calle went on a. The project, originally published as a serial in the newspaper. The great french conceptual artist reveals how she persevered.
She then began contacting the peoplein essence, following him through the map of his family, friends, lovers, and acquaintances. Sophie calle address book finally published after subjects death. A survey, calle explores issues relating to intrusion into peoples personal lives. 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. She then embarked on a search to come to know this stranger by contacting listed individualsin essence, following him through the. In the late 1970s, her career began when she photographed the. She left paris after completing school to travel abroad.