Sophie Calle
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OverviewMama (dans le vase) n°3,, 2012Alternately described as a conceptual artist, photographer, video artist and even detective, Sophie Calle has been the subject of numerous exhibitions around the world since the late 70s. In her rituals, she blurs the boundaries between the intimate and the public, reality and fiction, art and life, while leaving room for chance.Born in 1953 in Paris, Sophie Calle is a writer, a conceptual artist, a photograph, a movie director or even detective. She might be a little of each, according to the characters that she interprets, the rituals she imagines, the parts of her life that she tells and the feelings that she shares. The artist often explores the investigations methods and her work , most of the time, consists in the association between photography and text. Sophie Calle creates her own game rules.
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Works
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Sophie CalleMaternité / Motherhood, 2018Overall : 126 x 50 cm
Framed text : 50 x 50 cm
Framed photography : 76 x 50 cm -
Sophie CalleDaddy Mother, 2013Dimensions variable to found frame : 42.6 × 50.5 cm
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Sophie CalleMorte de bonne humeur | Dead in a good mood, 2013Overall : 130 x 50.5 cm
Photography : 50.5 x 50.5 cm
Text 76.5 x 50.5 cm -
Sophie CalleMother (dans l'herbe) n°2 / Mother (dans l'herbe) n°2, 201351 × 62.5 × 2 cm
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Sophie CalleMama (dans le vase) n°3,, 2012Framed : 64 × 55 × 4.5 cm
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Sophie CalleFaire Part / Obituary, 2012Overall : 230 x 100 cm
Framed text : 170 x 100 cm
Framed photo : 50 x 50 cm -
Sophie CalleLa Girafe / The Giraffe, 2012Overall : 255 x 110 cm
Text : 50 x 50 cm
Photograph : 205 x 110 cm -
Sophie CalleMama Mother , 201273 × 90.5 × 5 cm
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Sophie CalleSouci (32), 201099.5 × 144.5 × 5 cm
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Sophie CalleNorth Pole | Pole Nord / North Pole, 2009Overall : 225 cm x 550 m
Screen : 35 cm x 59 m
Player : 30 cm x 17 m x 5 cm
Porthole : 40 cm x 30 m
Small framed pictures (each x 3) : 30 cm x 40 m
Porcelain plate (each x 3) : 40 cm x 30 m
Light box : 125 cm x 165 m
Framed picture (each x 2) : 63 cm x 83 m -
Sophie CallePas pu saisir la mort / Couldn' t Capture Death, 2007Overall : 80 x 40 cm
Corian box : 20 x 30 x 5 cm
Engraved porcelaine plaque : 52 x 40 x 7 cm -
Sophie CalleTorero / Torero, 2002Overall : 230 x 100 cm
Framed text : 50 x 50 cm
Framed photograph : 170 x 100 cm -
Sophie CalleThe rival / La Rivale, 1992Overall: 230 × 100 cm
Text : 50 × 50 cm
Photograph : 170 × 100 cm
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Video
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Exhibitions
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Press
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Sophie Calle enjoys dressing up in the dirty laundry of Western culture
InformationSeptember 18, 2024 -
Sophie Calle, Ma mère aimait qu’on parle d’elle
Doris PressSeptember 13, 2024 -
The Last Pedicure
WeekendavisenPernille Albrethsen , September 13, 2024 -
Sophie Calle's Cool Intimacy
Art MatterSeptember 10, 2024 -
Review: Years ago she made me cry. New she exhibits in Copenhagen - what a scoop.
PolitikenAugust 30, 2024 -
World renowned artist at Danish gallery can be seen free of charge for everyone
BørsenAugust 20, 2024
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