http://www.gothamist.com/2005/06/20/sophie_calle_at_paula_cooper.php All comments for Sophie Calle at Paula Cooper en-us 2007 nyc_daveh Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:32:49 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss daveh@gothamist.com daveh@gothamist.com 60 http://www.gothamist.com/2005/06/20/sophie_calle_at_paula_cooper.php#comment-53410 http://www.gothamist.com/2005/06/20/sophie_calle_at_paula_cooper.php#comment-53410 Comments Mon, 20 Jun 2005 17:49:07 -0500 <p>A fascinating work which truly merits attention, it's refreshingly dark for a work in a Chelsea gallery and doesn't manifest that darkness through the childish 'i'm going to save the world' attitude which so many due. Mme. Calle's work addresses human emotion in a very personal if 'touchy feely' way, in the first part of the exhibit you feel vaguely detached from the work, but it's length is ultimately meaningful in that it draws you into the depth of her feeling. Although in the end you may find that Mme. Calle's hardship was naught in comparison to some of the other's she presents there, it's really the capacity of humans to experience pain which she is trying to purvey, not the strength or weakness of any one person's experience or emotions. The exhibition is well worth the time it takes to examine it.</p>