Her main style of art consists of taking black and white photographs, as well as combining a
performance element to her pieces. Calle is largely associated with the
contemporary art movement, which strived to reject modernism, as well as reject the post structuralist notion of 'the death of the author'.
« Establishing rules and following them is restful. If you follow someone, you don't have to wonder where you're going to eat. They take you to their restaurant. The choice is made for you. »
Sophie Calle
Other notable works of Calle's include The Shadow (1981), which was an attempt to provide evidence of her own existence through the medium of photography, and Address Book (1983), which caused controversy when Calle was accused of breaching the priva
Read More Her main style of art consists of taking black and white photographs, as well as combining a
performance element to her pieces. Calle is largely associated with the
contemporary art movement, which strived to reject modernism, as well as reject the post structuralist notion of 'the death of the author'.
« Establishing rules and following them is restful. If you follow someone, you don't have to wonder where you're going to eat. They take you to their restaurant. The choice is made for you. »
Sophie Calle
Other notable works of Calle's include The Shadow (1981), which was an attempt to provide evidence of her own existence through the medium of photography, and Address Book (1983), which caused controversy when Calle was accused of breaching the privacy of the subject Pierre Baudry, who owned the address book used in the piece. As of 2005, Calle has been a professor of film and photography at The European Graduate School of Switzerland.
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