L'ascenseur occupe la 501. Chypre having found in the fable

having found in the fable its most accurate and simplest expression

because everything concerning this city

The exhibition explores this intense presence and the way in which it contributed to the redefinition of abstract art in France at a time when the global geography of art was being disrupted

street lamps

including accounts and many letters

L'ascenseur occupe la 501. Chypre having found in the fableBetween 1978 and 1981, Sophie Calle clandestinely explored the then disused Htel du Palais d'Orsay. She chose room 501 as her base and, without any pre established method, photographed the premises, which had been abandoned for five years. During her forays, she collected objects: room numbers, guest records, messages addressed to a certain "Oddo" Forty years later, room 501 has disappeared: an elevator has taken its place. At the invitation of