Artist
Sophie Calle
b. 1953 · French
Sophie Calle creates works from following strangers, investigating private lives, staging personal rules and combining photographs with written narratives. Her practice treats intimacy, absence and surveillance as structures for storytelling.
Photography; text; performance
Major Works
- 1980Suite Vénitienne →
- 1983The Address Book →
- 1981The Hotel →
- 1979The Sleepers →
- 2007Take Care of Yourself →
- 1984–2003Exquisite Pain →
- 1986The Blind →
- 1988 onwardTrue Stories →
- 2014Rachel, Monique →
- 2011Voir la mer →
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
