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Sophie Calle — Les Tombes 'Mother, Father'
Sophie Calle

Les Tombes 'Mother, Father'

1990

Two gelatin silver photographs capture the grave markers of Sophie Calle's mother and father, presenting the most intimate of subjects with the artist's characteristic documentary precision. Mounted on aluminium and housed in the artist's own frames, the diptych transforms private grief into a formal, quietly unsettling meditation on loss, memory, and familial bonds. Calle's unflinching gaze turns the act of mourning into an act of witness, collapsing the boundary between autobiography and art.

Medium
gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium, in artist's frame, in 2 parts

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Sophie Calle, Les Tombes 'Mother, Father', 1990

Two gelatin silver photographs capture the grave markers of Sophie Calle's mother and father, presenting the most intimate of subjects with the artist's characteristic documentary precision. Mounted on aluminium and housed in the artist's own frames, the diptych transforms private grief into a formal, quietly unsettling meditation on loss, memory, and familial bonds. Calle's unflinching gaze turns the act of mourning into an act of witness, collapsing the boundary between autobiography and art.

Medium
gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium, in artist's frame, in 2 parts
Year
1990
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Conceptual Photography, French Artist, Grief And Loss, Gelatin Silver Print, Contemporary Artist, Diptych, Memorial Theme, Autobiographical Art, Female Artist, Black and White

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