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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Predicate Object
instanceOf artist's book
autobiographical work
conceptual art project
artisticApproach autobiographical conceptual practice
artMovement conceptual art
contemporary art
author Sophie Calle NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin France
creator Sophie Calle NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
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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Description of subject: 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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Sophie Calle notableWork Exquisite Pain