Sophie Calle exhibition at the Picasso Museum in pictures
But what is the impertinent Sophie Calle doing at Picasso? It's difficult to imagine one of the freest artists of the last fifty years celebrating the work and legacy of the monstrous Minotaur, this ogre who loved above all to devour women.
Once the surprise has passed, the visual artist wastes no time in reassuring us; this tribute will be done “without him” ... or almost. Known for her intimate life, her breakups, her autobiographical work and her voyeuristic touch, Sophie Calle does here what she does best: talking about herself, her childhood, her will.
Going against the grain of celebrations honoring the Spanish painter, this retrospective-style exhibition thus consecrates the irreverent eye of Sophie Calle, the indocile, the freed. The opportunity to linger on this photograph of her as a child framed in a walnut box on which we can read this delicious sentence uttered by her mother after her first exhibition in New York: “You got them! .”
Faced with her photos of confined Picassos and all these works meticulously packaged during confinement, it is clear that Sophie Calle has succeeded in her bet and steals the spotlight from the Spanish genius.
