(English Edition) Sophie Calle: Rachel Monique

An artist book by French artist Sophie Calle.

In this book, Calle portrays his mother, Monique, who passed away in 2007, through photographs selected from personal notebooks and family albums, presenting an installation he created at the Palais de Tokyo as a tribute to her. The text on the cover is embroidered, emphasizing the book's materiality as an artist's book, while all the texts relating to the installation are embossed, recalling the texture of Calle's particular works. At the same time that it is a deeply personal book, it offers reflections on death that we can all relate to.

"She was called Rachel, Monique, Schindler, Calle, Pagliero, Gontier, Schindler. My mother loved people to talk about her. Her life is not in my film. When I stood at the foot of her bed as she lay dying, I was afraid she would pass away without me." - Sophie Calle

English version.

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Title: Sophie Calle: Rachel Monique
Artist: Sophie Calle
Editions Xavier Barral, 2017
Embroidered hardcover
170 x 240 mm
208 pages
Text in English
First edition
ISBN: 978-2365111171