Fraenkel Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition by Sophie Calle. For more than forty years Calle has made work that draws from her life, transforming elements from her public and private relationships into intimate narratives. The exhibition features several series exploring questions about legacy and loss, topics Calle approaches with her typical humor and candor. Making its U.S. debut, catalogue raisonné of the unfinished focuses on projects Calle previously conceptualized but didn't pursue. Each piece pairs fragments from the project with Calle's text about its failure. Another series, Picassos in lockdown, comprises photographs Calle made at the Musée National Picasso in Paris during the pandemic. Each shows a painting covered for protection while the museum was closed. The exhibition also features a selection of works looking at death and remembrance through the lens of Calle's relationship with her parents. This will be Calle's fifth exhibition at Fraenkel Gallery since 1994.
A public reception with the artist will take place on Saturday, March 1, from 2pm - 4pm.
Sophie Calle (b. 1953) lives and works in Paris. Her work utilizes a range of media to explore the nature of love, intimacy, loss and grief. Starting with her 1979 Suite Vénitienne, in which she followed a man to Venice and documented her surveillance of him, Calle has blended autobiography with fiction. In 2007, she represented France at the Venice Biennale with the exhibition Take Care of Yourself, which subsequently traveled to museums in ten countries and was accompanied by a major publication. Her work has been shown in museums around the world, and is in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Centre Pompidou, Paris; and Tate, London, among many others. In 2019, Calle received the Royal Photographic Society's Centenary Medal and in 2017, she was shortlisted for the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize and received an Infinity Award from the International Center of Photography. In 2010 she was the recipient of the Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography.
Image Credit: Cale Mona Lisa (Wrong turn), 2023 [detail]
one text panel, two thread frames and one photograph in card box, 29-1/4 x 94-1/2 inches (overall) [74.3 x 240 cm], edition of 3 + 1 AP in English and in French
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A public reception with the artist will take place on Saturday, March 1, from 2pm - 4pm.
Sophie Calle (b. 1953) lives and works in Paris. Her work utilizes a range of media to explore the nature of love, intimacy, loss and grief. Starting with her 1979 Suite Vénitienne, in which she followed a man to Venice and documented her surveillance of him, Calle has blended autobiography with fiction. In 2007, she represented France at the Venice Biennale with the exhibition Take Care of Yourself, which subsequently traveled to museums in ten countries and was accompanied by a major publication. Her work has been shown in museums around the world, and is in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Centre Pompidou, Paris; and Tate, London, among many others. In 2019, Calle received the Royal Photographic Society's Centenary Medal and in 2017, she was shortlisted for the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize and received an Infinity Award from the International Center of Photography. In 2010 she was the recipient of the Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography.
Image Credit: Cale Mona Lisa (Wrong turn), 2023 [detail]
one text panel, two thread frames and one photograph in card box, 29-1/4 x 94-1/2 inches (overall) [74.3 x 240 cm], edition of 3 + 1 AP in English and in French
Fraenkel Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition by Sophie Calle. For more than forty years Calle has made work that draws from her life, transforming elements from her public and private relationships into intimate narratives. The exhibition features several series exploring questions about legacy and loss, topics Calle approaches with her typical humor and candor. Making its U.S. debut, catalogue raisonné of the unfinished focuses on projects Calle previously conceptualized but didn't pursue. Each piece pairs fragments from the project with Calle's text about its failure. Another series, Picassos in lockdown, comprises photographs Calle made at the Musée National Picasso in Paris during the pandemic. Each shows a painting covered for protection while the museum was closed. The exhibition also features a selection of works looking at death and remembrance through the lens of Calle's relationship with her parents. This will be Calle's fifth exhibition at Fraenkel Gallery since 1994.
A public reception with the artist will take place on Saturday, March 1, from 2pm - 4pm.
Sophie Calle (b. 1953) lives and works in Paris. Her work utilizes a range of media to explore the nature of love, intimacy, loss and grief. Starting with her 1979 Suite Vénitienne, in which she followed a man to Venice and documented her surveillance of him, Calle has blended autobiography with fiction. In 2007, she represented France at the Venice Biennale with the exhibition Take Care of Yourself, which subsequently traveled to museums in ten countries and was accompanied by a major publication. Her work has been shown in museums around the world, and is in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Centre Pompidou, Paris; and Tate, London, among many others. In 2019, Calle received the Royal Photographic Society's Centenary Medal and in 2017, she was shortlisted for the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize and received an Infinity Award from the International Center of Photography. In 2010 she was the recipient of the Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography.
Image Credit: Cale Mona Lisa (Wrong turn), 2023 [detail]
one text panel, two thread frames and one photograph in card box, 29-1/4 x 94-1/2 inches (overall) [74.3 x 240 cm], edition of 3 + 1 AP in English and in French
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A public reception with the artist will take place on Saturday, March 1, from 2pm - 4pm.
Sophie Calle (b. 1953) lives and works in Paris. Her work utilizes a range of media to explore the nature of love, intimacy, loss and grief. Starting with her 1979 Suite Vénitienne, in which she followed a man to Venice and documented her surveillance of him, Calle has blended autobiography with fiction. In 2007, she represented France at the Venice Biennale with the exhibition Take Care of Yourself, which subsequently traveled to museums in ten countries and was accompanied by a major publication. Her work has been shown in museums around the world, and is in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Centre Pompidou, Paris; and Tate, London, among many others. In 2019, Calle received the Royal Photographic Society's Centenary Medal and in 2017, she was shortlisted for the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize and received an Infinity Award from the International Center of Photography. In 2010 she was the recipient of the Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography.
Image Credit: Cale Mona Lisa (Wrong turn), 2023 [detail]
one text panel, two thread frames and one photograph in card box, 29-1/4 x 94-1/2 inches (overall) [74.3 x 240 cm], edition of 3 + 1 AP in English and in French
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