Calle, Sophie. She was called successively Rachel, Monique, Szyndler, Calle, Pagliero, Gonthier, Sindler. My mother did not appear in my work, and that annoyed her. Paris, Éditions Xavier Barral (2017). Gr.-8° (24,5 x 18 cm.). [200] p. with 102 color illustrations, some spanning full pages or double-page spreads. White Original silk binding with embroidered title in Gold on the spine and cover.

First English edition. The original French edition was published in 2012. – Signed by Sophie Calle. – „My mother loved being talked about. Her life does not appear in my work. That annoyed her. When I placed my camera at the foot of the bed where she lay dying fearing she might pass away while I was absent, yet wanting to be there to hear her last word she exclaimed: „Finally.“ Sophie Calle tells the story of Monique through excerpts from private diaries and photographs from family albums, presenting an installation created at the Palais de Tokyo as a tribute to her mother, who died in 2007. Yet this book is, above all, a unique object designed in collaboration with the artist. The cover text is embroidered, making it a precious object, while the texts accompanying the installation are embossed to evoke the tactile quality of some of Sophie Calle’s other works. It is a deeply personal and moving book, as well as a reflection on death that resonates with us all. For over twenty years, Sophie Calle’s work has taken the form of installations combining photography and narrative arrangements that echo the narrative art of the 1970s. In reality, Calle’s works represent the culmination and extension of situations that are both staged and lived out autobiographically. In the 1980s, she embarked on a distinctive path that places significant emphasis on emotion and feeling. The artist devises rules and rituals aimed at improving her life and restoring its existential dimension“ (Xavier Barral, transl. from french). – The book is based on an installation that was exhibited at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, among other venues. It incorporates diary entries, intimate notes, and photographs from old family albums. – The video of her mother’s final moments premiered at the 2007 Venice Biennale, where Sophie Calle represented France, under the title „Couldn’t Capture Death.“ – Copy in mint condition.

• Kategorie: Photographie
• Schlagwörter: Concept-art · Konzeptkunst · Signed books · Signierte Bücher
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN: 2365111173
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• Bestellnummer: 109992BB

Unser Preis: EUR 240,--