Format:
372 ungezählte Seiten
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6 Beilagen (Fotos, Faltplan)
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27 cm
Edition:
First edition
ISBN:
9782330159481
Series Statement:
Beaux arts
Content:
"Between 1978 and 1981, Sophie Calle went on a clandestine exploration of the then abandoned Hôtel du Palais d'Orsay. She selected room 501 as her home and without any preestablished method, set about photographing the abandoned hotel over five years. As she explored, she picked up items she found: customer reception cards, old telephones, diaries, messages addressed to a certain 'Oddo' and more. Now, more than 40 years later, room 501 has disappeared and an elevator has taken its place. At the invitation of Donatien Grau, the Musée d'Orsay curator, Calle returned, equipped with a flashlight, to explore the site again during the lockdown period. She hunted down the ghosts of the Palais d'Orsay, now connected to the present by the visitors that had also deserted the museum. The work reconstructs the artist’s archive of photography, letters, invoices and other daily items which bring a forgotten past back to life. To provide commentary on her discoveries, Sophie Calle enlisted the award-winning French archaeologist Jean-Paul Demoule, who writes a series of texts combining fact and fiction. All of this evidence has been assembled to create an art object that resembles an investigation notebook. - Exhibition 'Sophie Calle. Les Fantômes d'Orsay' at the Musée d'Orsay, from 15 March to 12 June 2022 in Paris"--
Note:
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France, March 15-June 22, 2022
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Umschlagtitel
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Printed on various papers: crescent-watermarked vellum; thin, lightweight offset; enhanced newsprint; uncoated mass-dyed black; and surfaced featherweight
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Letzte Seite: "This object is presented in the form of a 372-page paper book [...] The first edition of the book is printed in 12.000 identical copies - 8.000 in French, 4000 in English. A run of 300 copies, perforated and ribbon bound, has been numbered 1 to 300 and signed by the artist [...]"
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Faltplan mit Titel "Palais d'Orsay : plan du 5e étage : rue de Lille"
Additional Edition:
Parallele Sprachausgabe Calle, Sophie, 1953 - L'Ascenseur occupe la 501
Language:
English
Subjects:
Art History
Keywords:
Calle, Sophie 1953-
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Ausstellungskatalog
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Bildband
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Künstlerbuch
Author information:
Calle, Sophie 1953-
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