Annette Messager

(French, born 1943)

Annette Messager is a celebrated contemporary French installation artist. Working in a conceptual and feminist practice, Messager examines conventional perceptions of women by individuals and by society at large. Her early pieces focused on domestic objects such as textiles, toys, and found objects, and through her later work the artist has continued to question traditional notions of femininity and masculinity. “At first, I felt proud when someone said, 'Your work looks like a man did it.' Then I realized that was stupid,” the artist once quipped. Born on November 30, 1943 in Berck, France, Messager received her formal training at the École des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. In 2005, she won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Biennale for her installation which transformed the French pavilion through a variety of moving sculpture, notably including Casino (2005), in which a wind machine creates waves and ripples in a large red silk sheet amongst strange creatures and forms. She has also had solo exhibitions at the Museo de Arte Moderno in Buenos Aires, at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, and a retrospective at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Messager currently lives and works in Malakoff, France.

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Cindy Sherman and Annette Messager Awarded 2016 Praemium Imperiale

by Henri Neuendorf

Cindy Sherman and Annette Messager Awarded 2016 Praemium Imperiale

Art & Exhibitions

Chantal Akerman and Annette Messager Exhibition Pays Homage to Female Artistic Ingenuity

Chantal Akerman and Annette Messager Exhibition Pays Homage to Female Artistic Ingenuity

French Artists Respond to Marine Le Pen’s Courting with Damning Letter

by Hili Perlson

French Artists Respond to Marine Le Pen’s Courting with Damning Letter

Annette Messager Artworks

Annette Messager (261 results)

Voiles, 1985–1985

Annette Messager

Voiles, 1985–1985

Sale Date: November 16, 1999

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Un motif gai, 1975–1975

Annette Messager

Un motif gai, 1975–1975

Sale Date: June 18, 1999

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Mes trophées, 1987–1987

Annette Messager

Mes trophées, 1987–1987

Sale Date: May 20, 1999

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Histoire des robes, 1991–1991

Annette Messager

Histoire des robes, 1991–1991

Sale Date: May 19, 1999

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Sans titre, 1989–1989

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Sans titre, 1989–1989

Sale Date: December 9, 1998

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Mes voeux, 1988–1988

Annette Messager

Mes voeux, 1988–1988

Sale Date: November 18, 1998

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Maman, 1989–1990

Annette Messager

Maman, 1989–1990

Sale Date: October 11, 1998

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Trophée; main avec neige, maison et..., 1986–1988

Annette Messager

Trophée; main avec neige, maison et..., 1986–1988

Sale Date: April 28, 1997

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Trophée; pied de profil avec ourson, 1986–1988

Annette Messager

Trophée; pied de profil avec ourson, 1986–1988

Sale Date: April 28, 1997

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Trophée; petites fesses, 1986–1988

Annette Messager

Trophée; petites fesses, 1986–1988

Sale Date: April 28, 1997

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Trophée; bouche ouverte, 1986–1988

Annette Messager

Trophée; bouche ouverte, 1986–1988

Sale Date: April 28, 1997

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Sans titre

Annette Messager

Sale Date: June 26, 1994

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COMMENT JE SOIGNE UNE PLAIE, 1974

Annette Messager

COMMENT JE SOIGNE UNE PLAIE, 1974

Sale Date: June 26, 1994

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Comment je soigne une Plaie, 1974

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Comment je soigne une Plaie, 1974

Sale Date: January 29, 1994

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MES PETITES EFFIGIES, 1988

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MES PETITES EFFIGIES, 1988

Sale Date: November 10, 1993

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MES PETITES EFFIGIES, 1990

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MES PETITES EFFIGIES, 1990

Sale Date: October 15, 1992

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CHIMERES - NO. 50, 1983

Annette Messager

CHIMERES - NO. 50, 1983

Sale Date: November 26, 1991

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CHIMERES - NO. 53, 1983

Annette Messager

CHIMERES - NO. 53, 1983

Sale Date: November 26, 1991

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LES CHIMERES, 1984

Annette Messager

LES CHIMERES, 1984

Sale Date: June 2, 1991

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LE NU DANS LA CHAUSSURE

Annette Messager

LE NU DANS LA CHAUSSURE

Sale Date: June 2, 1991

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ANETTE MESSAGER COLLECTIONNEUSE FEMME..., 1975

Annette Messager

ANETTE MESSAGER COLLECTIONNEUSE FEMME..., 1975

Sale Date: June 1, 1991

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