
Sophie Calles’ The Room at the Lowell Hotel
by ArtJetSet
The French Institute:Alliance Française invited Sophie Calle to participate in this year’s Crossing the Lines Festival of contemporary Art. Sophie Calle’s body of work engages in an intensely autobiographical exploration generally centered around intimate memories and failed love. For this installation, title Room, Calle has occupied a suite in New York’s Lowell Hotel where she has narrated stories through installed objects. Burnt mattress drapped with a taffeta red dress, a Polaroid camera with a picture posed on the bedside table. […]
Categories: Festival, Installations • Tags: FIAF Crossing the Lines, Lowell Hotel, Sophie Calle