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Sophie Calle — Four Works: i) Father, Brother, Mother (The Graves #48); ii) Father, Mother (The Graves #25); iii) Grandpa, Grandma (The Graves #20); iv) Brother, Sister (The Graves #21)
Sophie Calle

Four Works: i) Father, Brother, Mother (The Graves #48); ii) Father, Mother (The Graves #25); iii) Grandpa, Grandma (The Graves #20); iv) Brother, Sister (The Graves #21)

Sophie Calle's four-part series presents silver gelatin photographs of grave markers, each bearing the tender familial inscriptions left by the bereaved — "Father, Brother, Mother," "Father, Mother," "Grandpa, Grandma," and "Brother, Sister." Framed in the artist's signature metal frames, the works form part of Calle's ongoing investigation into loss, memory, and the language of grief. The spare, intimate epithets become quietly devastating in their universality, collapsing personal mourning into collective human experience.

Medium
silver gelatin prints, in artist's metal frames, in four parts

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Under the Influence

March 8, 2013

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Sophie Calle, Four Works: i) Father, Brother, Mother (The Graves #48); ii) Father, Mother (The Graves #25); iii) Grandpa, Grandma (The Graves #20); iv) Brother, Sister (The Graves #21)

Sophie Calle's four-part series presents silver gelatin photographs of grave markers, each bearing the tender familial inscriptions left by the bereaved — "Father, Brother, Mother," "Father, Mother," "Grandpa, Grandma," and "Brother, Sister." Framed in the artist's signature metal frames, the works form part of Calle's ongoing investigation into loss, memory, and the language of grief. The spare, intimate epithets become quietly devastating in their universality, collapsing personal mourning into collective human experience.

Medium
silver gelatin prints, in artist's metal frames, in four parts
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Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Conceptual Art, Autobiographical Work, French Artist, Contemporary Photography, Silver Gelatin Print, Female Artist, Triptych And Series, Memorial And Grief, Somber Mood, Black and White

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