Book Description
I was invited to create an exhibition entitled Appointment in the house at 20 Maresfield Gardens, London, where Dr. Freud lived, and died. After having a vision of my wedding dress laid across Freud's couch, I immediately accepted. I chose to display relics of my own life amongst the interior of Sigmund's home.--Sophie Calle
A unique assembly of Calle's own texts and personal objects juxtaposed with objects from Sigmund Freud's personal collection, still kept in the house where he lived, Appointment features fragments from the artist's own fascinating life story, characteristic texts that reveal intimate secrets and unravel some of Calle's childhood memories as well as her adult relationships. The artist's references to certain mementos and the emotionally charged events with which they are associated parallel Freud's own psychoanalytic theories and his passion for collecting.
A unique assembly of Calle's own texts and personal objects juxtaposed with objects from Sigmund Freud's personal collection, still kept in the house where he lived, Appointment features fragments from the artist's own fascinating life story, characteristic texts that reveal intimate secrets and unravel some of Calle's childhood memories as well as her adult relationships. The artist's references to certain mementos and the emotionally charged events with which they are associated parallel Freud's own psychoanalytic theories and his passion for collecting.
Afterword by James Putnam.
Hardcover, 5.5 x 7.5 in. 156 pages, 80 color illustrations
About the author
Sophie Calle was born in Paris in 1953. Since the 1980s, her installations have received international recognition at galleries and museums throughout the world.
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