Gotham Handbook
1994
Gotham Handbook
1994
Sophie Calle’s Gotham Handbook mingles first-hand accounts, photographs and narrated experiences. This work results from a collaboration between the artist and Paul Auster, author of the novel Léviathan, which took inspiration from Sophie Calle to paint the portrait of Maria, one of its protagonists, thus mixing reality with fiction. In Gotham Handbook, Sophie Calle has fun reversing the process, attempting to identify the personality of a character created on this occasion by Auster, while following his instructions, brought together under the title “Instructions for embellishing life in New York” through a series of artistic gestures.
| Domain | Oeuvre en 3 dimensions |
|---|---|
| Techniques | Epreuves gélatino-argentiques |
| Dimensions | 143 x 85,8 x 4 cm |
| Acquisition | Don de l'artiste, 2009 |
| Inventory no. | AM 2010-37 (7) |
| Is part of the set |
Gotham Handbook Série (Indissociable set of artworks) |
Detailed description
| Artist |
Sophie Calle
(1953, France) | |
|---|---|---|
| Main title | Gotham Handbook | |
| Creation date | 1994 | |
| Is part of the set | Gotham Handbook Série (Indissociable set of artworks) Installation comprenant 7 panneaux encadrés avec textes et photographies ; 3 textes typographiés encadrés ; 1 photographie couleur contrecollée sur aluminium | |
| Domain | Oeuvre en 3 dimensions | |
| Description | Panneau encadré contenant 1 texte tapuscrit épinglé, 14 photos collées, 2 textes manuscrits fixés avec du scotch noir, 1 petit cadre avec 1 texte tapuscrit | |
| Techniques | Epreuves gélatino-argentiques | |
| Dimensions | 143 x 85,8 x 4 cm | |
| Notes | Correspond au Dimanche 25 septembre 1994 | |
| Acquisition | Don de l'artiste, 2009 | |
| Collection area | Cabinet de la photographie | |
| Inventory no. | AM 2010-37 (7) |
Bibliography
Voir la notice sur le portail de la Bibliothèque Kandinsky
Sophie Calle, M''as-tu vue : Paris, Centre Pompidou, Galerie 2, 2003 (Cit. et reprod. en coul.)