Exquisite Pain

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Exquisite Pain is a conceptual art project and book by Sophie Calle that chronicles personal heartbreak through a structured, repetitive narrative blending text and photography.

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Exquisite Pain canonical 2

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instanceOf artist's book ⓘ
autobiographical work ⓘ
conceptual art project ⓘ
artisticApproach autobiographical conceptual practice ⓘ
artMovement conceptual art ⓘ
contemporary art ⓘ
author Sophie Calle ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
creator Sophie Calle ⓘ
depicts comparative accounts of suffering by others ⓘ
the process of overcoming heartbreak ⓘ
focusesOn a romantic breakup experienced by Sophie Calle ⓘ
genre autobiographical literature ⓘ
conceptual art ⓘ
photo-text work ⓘ
hasAuthorRole Sophie Calle as narrator ⓘ
hasTitleInEnglish Exquisite Pain ⓘ
includes first-person text ⓘ
photographs ⓘ
testimonies of suffering ⓘ
mainTheme emotional suffering ⓘ
loss ⓘ
memory ⓘ
obsession ⓘ
personal heartbreak ⓘ
medium book ⓘ
photography ⓘ
text ⓘ
narrativeForm structured repetitive narrative ⓘ
narrativeTechnique juxtaposition of personal story with others' stories ⓘ
serial repetition of the same story ⓘ
notableFor combination of photography and text ⓘ
ritualized retelling of a traumatic event ⓘ
systematic recounting of heartbreak ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
publicationForm art book ⓘ
structure two-part mirrored structure ⓘ
subjectOf critical essays in art theory ⓘ
exhibitions of Sophie Calle's work ⓘ
uses repetition as narrative device ⓘ

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Sophie Calle → notableWork → Exquisite Pain ⓘ
Exquisite Pain → hasTitleInEnglish → Exquisite Pain ⓘ