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CALLE SOPHIE
Wednesday 27.05 > Sunday 13.09.2009
Centre for Fine Arts
Sophie CALLE - Le Nez 2000 © Jean-Baptiste Mondino. Sabam Belgique 2009. Courtesy Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Arndt & Partner, Paula Cooper Gallery
 
Prenez soin de vous was shown at the Bibliothèque nationale de France and at the Venice Biennale, and before that, M’as-tu vue at Beaubourg – exhibitions accompanied by numerous publications over the years. Sophie Calle appears amongst all these artistic productions, whether they are of literary, cinematographic or visual art nature. For her first exhibition at the Centre for Fine Arts, the French artist presents a collection of her works - in particular those in which she herself appears in a truly autobiographic ritual. The voice of Frédéric Mitterrand guides visitors, helping them to understand this presentation of a life as a story.

Notice to visitors
Sophie Calle's work is mainly made of photographic work and of texts draught in French.
It was essential to show the artist's work in its original form. Our English speaking visitors will
find a translated guideline in the visitor's guide, put freely at your disposal at the entrance of the exhibition. During your visit, you'll hear the voice of Frédéric Mitterrand. This voice is an integral part of Sophie Calle's work and is thus to be heard in its original language that is French.
We wish you a pleasant visit.



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Sophie CALLE
Le Nez 2000
© Jean-Baptiste Mondino.
Sabam Belgique 2009
Courtesy Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Arndt & Partner, Paula Cooper Gallery

When I was fourteen my grandparents suggested that I needed plastic surgery. They made an appointment with a famous cosmetic surgeon, and it was decided that my nose should be straightened, that a scar on my left leg should be covered up with a piece of skin taken from my ass and that my ears should be pulled back. I had doubts, but they reassured me, I could change my mind up until the very last moment. In the end, though, it was Doctor F. himself who put an end to my dilemma. Two days before the operation, he committed suicide.

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Sophie CALLE
"Les Dormeurs" 1979
Vue de l'exposition "A suivre" au MAMARC, Paris, 1991, 176 photos de 15 x 20 + 23 textes encadrés + 1 livre + table et chaise en fer 150 x 400 cm
© SABAM Belgium 2009
Courtesy Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris / Miami ; Arndt & Partner, Berlin / Zurich ; Koyanagi, Tokyo ; Gallery Paula Cooper, NY

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Sophie CALLE
"Où et quand? Lourdes" 2005/2008 (détail)
Photographies, textes, encadrements, néon, marbre 141 cm x 15 m de long
© SABAM Belgium 2009
Courtesy Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris / Miami ; Arndt & Partner, Berlin / Zurich
Photographie : Florian Kleinefenn

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Sophie CALLE
"Les seins miraculeux" 2001
Photographie N/B, aluminium, texte, encadrements (x2) 100 x 170 cm + 50 x 50 cm
Remerciements à Jean-Baptiste Mondino © SABAM Belgium 2009
Courtesy Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris / Miami ; Arndt & Partner, Berlin / Zurich ; Koyanagi, Tokyo ; Gallery Paula Cooper, NY

I was a flat-chested teenager. Still, wanting to be like my friends, I bought a bra, a soutien-gorge which, of course, I didn’t need. My mother, who possessed a magnificent bosom and a sharp wit, called it my "soutien-rien" - my support-nothing. I can still hear her words today. Over the years that followed my chest slowly pushed out. Nothing to write home about, though. Suddenly, in 1992, a transformation occurred. In the space of six months, spontaneously, I had proper tits: no treatments, no operations. A miracle. I swear. I was thrilled, but not really surprised. I put this feat down to twenty years of frustration, envy, dreams and sighs.

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Sophie CALLE
"Suite vénitienne" (détail) 1980
Ensemble de 81 éléments : 55 photographies N/B, 17,1 x 23,6 cm (chacun) + 23 textes de 30,2 x 21,7 cm (chacun) et de 3 cartes
© SABAM Belgium 2009
Courtesy Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris / Miami ; Arndt & Partner, Berlin / Zurich ; Koyanagi, Tokyo ; Gallery Paula Cooper, NY

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Sophie CALLE
"Douleur exquise - Après la douleur" 1984-2003
Vue de l'exposition "M'as-tu-vue" au Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 2003
36 quadriptyques comprenant chacun un texte brodé sur panneau de lin gris de 120 x 160 cm et une photographie couleur de 68 x 48 cm, un texte brodé sur panneau de lin blanc de 120 x 160 cm et une photographie noir et blanc ou couleur de 68 x 48 cm, tous encadrés
© SABAM Belgium 2009
Courtesy Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris / Miami ; Arndt & Partner, Berlin / Zurich ; Koyanagi, Tokyo ; Gallery Paula Cooper, NY

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Sophie CALLE
"Chambre avec vue / Room with a view" 2003, Série des autobiographies
Photographie N/B, texte, aluminium, encadrement (x2) 170 x 130 cm + 50 x 50 cm
Remerciements à Jean-Baptiste Mondino
© SABAM Belgium 2009
Courtesy Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris / Miami ; Arndt & Partner, Berlin / Zurich ; Koyanagi, Tokyo ; Gallery Paula Cooper, NY Some nights you can't put into words. I spent the night of October 5, 2002 in a room set up for me at the top of the Eiffel Tower. In bed. Between white sheets, listening to the strangers who took turns at my bedside. Tell me a story so I won’t fall asleep. Maximum length: 5 minutes. Longer if thrilling. No story, no visit. If your story sends me to sleep, please leave quietly and ask the guard to wake me… Hundreds turned up. Some nights you can't describe. I came back down in the early morning. A message was flashing on each pillar: Sophie Calle, end of sleepless night, 7:00 a.m. As if to confirm that I hadn't dreamt it all. I asked for the moon and I got it: I SLEPT AT THE TOP OF THE EIFFEL TOWER. Since then, I keep an eye out for it, and if I glimpse it along some street, I say hello. Give it a fond look. Up there, 1,014 feet above ground, it’s a bit like home.

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Opening: Wednesday 27.05.2009
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Ending date: Sunday 13.09.2009
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€ 5,00: over 60 / students / groups
€ 1,00: under 26
€ 3,00: jobseekers / schools / teachers
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Guided tour for individuals on Thursday evenings
dates : 28.05 - 04.06 - 11.06 - 18.06 - 09.07 - 23.07 - 06.08 - 20.08 - 03.09
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See also: BOZAR EXPERIENCE (Nocturne - Monday 25.05.2009) | Family Kit | Meet Sophie Calle (Happening - Thursday 18.06.2009) | Special @Seven Bozar & Mirano Continental (Nocturne - Thursday 25.06.2009) | Stages d'été / Zomerstages | Finissage (Vernissage - Friday 11.09.2009)
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