In istanbul, a city surrounded by the sea, i met people whove never seen it before. Most controversially, calle finds a mans address book and returns it to him, but not before photocopying its contents, interviewing the people. The consulate general of france in san francisco, fraenkel gallery, paula cooper gallery, galerie perrotin, uc berkeley art museum and pacific film archive, city lights bookstore, roxie theatre, eleanor coppola and. Selfportrait of the artist as her mother the new york. Like much of calles past work, absence acts as a mystery novel that tirelessly searches for a missing person. Paulsen book launch and exhibition i kind a like the tables made from these palates wooden pallets used as tables. Courtesy of sophie calle, paula cooper gallery, new york. Sophie calle book launch and signing at 192 books, ny. Available for sale from paula cooper gallery, sophie calle, exquisite pain. In the new exhibition by sophie calle, the french artist known for blurring the difference between art and life, formal and conceptual complication muffle the emotional immediacy of her story. Sophie calle the sleepers gennie michelet, thirteenth. Sophie calle, the french conceptual artist, spent last weekend in brooklyns famed greenwood cemetery helping visitors take their secrets to the grave.
Great women artists, phaidon and kering, new york, 2019. Paula cooper gallery aims to make the information on our website accessible to those with visual, hearing or cognitive disabilities. Take care of yourself, paula cooper gallery, new york, usa. Count down 66 by sophie calle from paula cooper gallery. In 20, paula cooper gallery opened two popup spaces, in a former auto parts shop at 197 10th avenue, near 22nd street, as well as on the ground. The strange clarity born of amorous suffering was the focus of sophie calle s project exquisite pain 2000. An art gallery in new york city founded in 1968 featuring minimalist and conceptual works by artists such as carl andre, tauba auerbach, jennifer bartlett, bernd and. Sophie calle s new exhibition, absence, is an examination of loss, which she explores through the death of her mother and the infamous burglary of thirteen art works from the isabella. This exhibition will be on view at 534 west 21st street, from 24 february to 24 march, 2001. Sophie calle s take care of yourself is a body of work letters, writings, videos created for the french pavilion of the 2007 venice biennale curated by daniel buren. New yorkpaula cooper gallery is pleased to present absence, a special exhibition of works by sophie calle created between 2006 and. 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 in this series sophie was a hotel maid for a year so she could photograph peoples belongings when they were out. Autobiographical stories the plastic surgery, 2000. Her work frequently depicts human vulnerability, and examines identity and intimacy. Two men dressed in police uniforms made off with thirteen of the museums treasures, including jan vermeers the concert 165860, govaert flincks landscape with an obelisk 1638, and three works by rembrandt. Paula cooper gallery and galerie perrotin you sit in a pew and realize that instead of a prayer book, the rack holds the bound volumes of mme sindlers selected diaries. On march 18, 1990, one of the most brazen art thefts of all time took place at bostons isabella stewart gardner museum. Absence at paula cooper gallery in 2005, sophie calle s mother found out she had breast cancer.
Legendary dealer paula cooper opened the very first gallery in soho back in 1968, when it was still a scruffy neighborhood where artists lived and worked. Sophie calle exquisite pain count down 69 2000 available. Featuring four of calle s most prominent projects, the exhibition is her most extensive to date in the united states. Double game author paul auster, sophie calle publisher violette editions published 2000 isbn 9781900828284 cover hardcover page count 296 color. Sophie calle, a frenchborn conceptual artist with a finetuned sense of humor, is a worldclass snoop. 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. The violation was devastating to both the gardners. So begins exquisite pain, sophie calle s suite of photographs and texts centered on the experience of intimate rejection. A controversial figure as well as one of france s 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. 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. Paula cooper gallery 524 w 26th street, new york, new york 1 rated 4.
This will be the artists second oneperson exhibition with the gallery since double game, in february march 2001. Paula cooper reflects on 50 years of business the pioneering new york dealer says the art market is a different world to when she launched her gallery. Please join 192 books and phaidon press on tuesday, march 3 for a. Indeed, she, like octave before her, found herself able to locate the very instant when her grief hit its highest or perhaps lowest pitch, asserting itself powerfully.
She was once famous for being the youngest death row prisoner in. June 25, 6pm city lights bookstore, san francisco, ca. Sophie calle s book entitled take care of yourself was published by actes sud press on june 1st, 2007 4 dvd and two leaflefts are inserted. She then rang the numbers in the book to assemble a portrait of the owner, turning the results. Dan walsh installations publisher paula cooper gallery, ny published 2018 author various. Drawing projects french brands conceptual art types of art heroines american artists art school storytelling devil. The majority of our website is available in html format that can be deciphered by screen readers. Available for sale from paula cooper gallery, sophie calle, autobiographies the giraffe 2012, digital print mounted on aluminum, text panel with black. N ews of paula cooper s suicide spread quickly in indiana, where her 20 release had been a big event. French embassy announced today that sculptor carl andre and gallerist paula cooper were honored with frances order of arts and letters.
Pop up shop image by e on design photo, photo wall. In 1983 she did something similar with address book. Sophie calle born 9 october 1953 is a french writer, photographer, installation artist, and conceptual artist. Paula cooper gallery art gallery new york, new york facebook. Born in paris, calle traveled for seven years after completing her studies. I left for japan on october 25, 1984, unsuspecting that this date would mark the beginning of a 92 day countdown to the end of a love affair. The rules of the game in his novel, leviathan, paul auster thanks me for having authorized him to mingle fact with fiction.
In 2006, as her mother lay dying, calle set up a camera at. Paula cooper gallery is thrilled to announce our participation in art basels inaugural edition of online viewing roomsa new digital platform designed to connect galleries and collectors from around the world. New yorkthe paula cooper gallery is pleased to present exquisite pain, an exhibition by acclaimed french artist sophie calle. New yorkthe paula cooper gallery is pleased to present sophie calle.
Available for sale from paula cooper gallery, sophie calle, autobiographies wait for me 2010, print, aluminum, text, frame x2 color photograph lami. The khmer rouge created an unsettling photographic record of inmates at the notorious high school turned prison in phnom penh where the regime detained, interrogated, tortured, and executed cambodian and vietnamese. Paula cooper gallery, siglio press and 192 books invite you to join sophie calle for a signing of the beautiful artists book of calles legendary work, the. Sophie calles secrets art project at greenwood cemetery. Sophie calle is a french artist who has exhibited extensively throughout the world since the late 1970s. Sophie calles new exhibition, absence, is an examination of loss, which she explores through. Sophie calle is represented by gallery paula cooper, fraenkel gallery, and galerie perrotin.
Paula cooper gallery, ny published 2019 cover softcover isbn 9780960821099 page count 60. At fort mason, the intense works of sophie calle sfgate. The art of sophie calle often takes the form of a missingpersons investigation, with ms. In 2007 paula cooper gave the extant records of park place, dating from 1966 to 1967, and the early records of the paula cooper gallery, from 1968 to 1973 to the smithsonian archives of american art. The exhibition will be on view from may 7 through june 25, 2005, at 534 west 21st street. Book signing with sophie calle, city lights bookstore, sunday, june 25, 6. Sophie calle has been described as a conceptual artist, a photographer, a movie director or even a detective. Available for sale from paula cooper gallery, sophie calle, the sleepers gennie michelet, thirteenth sleeper 1980, 11 black and white photographs, 1 te. Gifts to the collection from carla emil and rich silverstein, on view now at san franciscos museum of modern art, there is a selfportrait of sophie calle. Carl andre and paula cooper honored with frances order of.
Artist sophie calle recreates stolen masterpieces from viewers memories at the gardner museum. Sophie calle and the integrity of loss the new yorker. And indeed, on pages 65 to 74 of his book, he uses a number of episodes from my life to create. Paris, 2017, courtesy galerie perrotin and paula cooper gallery.
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