Sophie Calle Biography
Sophie Calle (Paris, 9 October 1953) is a French artist. After an adolescence involved in politics, in 1973 he decided to leave and travel the world. In 1978 he returned to his city, where he dedicated himself to photography, a passion born during his long journey. At the end of the seventies he began to write his first Journaux intimes, the pages of which contain reflections accompanied by images. From 1988 to 2003 he undertook autobiographical works, such as the one on pain, Autobiographies and Douleur exquise. A particular moment in 1992 fits into her artistic life: her marriage to Greg Shepard which took place during the filming of the film No Sex Last Night, which ended in divorce only after a year. His artistic activity continues intensely between Paris and New York, with the production of works such as Gotham Handbook (1994), Le Régime chromatique (1997) and Des journées entières sous le signe du B, du C, du W (1998) and with various collaborations, one of which is particularly interesting, from 1994 to 1998, with the American writer Paul Auster, published in the Doubles-Jeux box set (1998). This work presents previous works by Calle (including Suite vénitienne, L'Hôtel, Le Rituel d'anniversaire) together with those created for the occasion (Gotham Handbook, Le Régime chromatique, Des journées entières sous le signe du B, du C , du W). The exhibition Sophie Calle. M'as tu vue at the Center Pompidou (19 November 2003 - 15 March 2004) brought together the artist's historical and most recent works. Paul Auster is inspired by Sophie Calle for the character of Maria in the novel Leviathan and Sophie identifies with Maria, in a game of identity that moves between fiction and reality. In 2007 she was assigned the role of representative of France in the French Pavilion of the 52nd Venice Biennale of Contemporary Art. Sophie Calle today lives between the studio in Malakoff (Paris) and New York.
