The Sleepers, Sophie Calle.

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France’s answer to Tracey Emin, Sophie Calle has done it all in the name of her confessional art, from stripping to stalking. But her latest work is another matter

Vito Acconci: Born: 1940, Brooklyn, New York “Following Piece” 1969 Acconci followed strangers who passed him every day for almost one month between October 3rd and 25th, 1969. Each per…

xo-skeleton: “ Sophie Calle, Vierge aveuglée, Tranché à la hache, Tranché à la hache (avec tête), Retable fusillé Statues ennemies series. Iconic portraits mutilated during the Spanish Civil War. ”

xo-skeleton: “ Sophie Calle, Vierge aveuglée, Tranché à la hache, Tranché à la hache (avec tête), Retable fusillé Statues ennemies series. Iconic portraits mutilated during the Spanish Civil War. ”

The Sleepers, Gloria K., first sleeper. Anne B., second sleeper, 1979

Sophie Calle, “He is a Cloud in Trousers”, 1983, from “The Adress Book”

In 1979, French artist Sophie Calle returned to Paris after several years of travelling. Feeling dislocated from her native city she began to walk the city streets with her camera, follow strangers she encountered – 'For the pleasure of following them', Calle has said, 'not because they pa

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Sophie CALLE, 'Room with a view'; One framed text, one framed b/w photograph; 50 x 50 cm (text), 170 x 130 cm (photograph) 50 x 50 cm (texte), 170 x 130 cm (photographie); Edition of 5

Sophie Calle uses disturbing personal details of her life—and sometimes she appropriates “inappropriate” details of other people’s lives, whether they know it or not—as the raw materialof her work. It is sensational, in a way. But her work is not the aesthete’s version of reality television. The iconic French artist knows very well where her life ends and where her art begins. Sophie Calle may be a piece of work, but her work is art.

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