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.

Annette Messager News

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)

Maman, 1990

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Sale Date: November 9, 2010

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Feuilleton 2ème episode - la dispute, 1978

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Feuilleton 2ème episode - la dispute, 1978

Sale Date: June 28, 2010

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Mes trophées, 1986–1988

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Mes trophées, 1986–1988

Sale Date: April 13, 2010

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Chimerès no. 53 (in 2 parts), 1983

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Chimerès no. 53 (in 2 parts), 1983

Sale Date: December 5, 2009

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La varieta, 1980

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La varieta, 1980

Sale Date: October 30, 2009

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Feuilleton 2e épisode - la dispute, 1978

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Feuilleton 2e épisode - la dispute, 1978

Sale Date: October 23, 2009

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Feuilleton 2e épisode - l'hésitation, 1978

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Feuilleton 2e épisode - l'hésitation, 1978

Sale Date: October 23, 2009

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La varieta, 1980

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La varieta, 1980

Sale Date: June 29, 2009

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La Tonsure, 1987

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La Tonsure, 1987

Sale Date: October 8, 2008

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Quel beau spectacle!, 1979

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Quel beau spectacle!, 1979

Sale Date: June 14, 2008

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Mes jeux de main, 1974

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Mes jeux de main, 1974

Sale Date: May 27, 2008

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Comment mes amis feraient mon portrait..., 1973

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Comment mes amis feraient mon portrait..., 1973

Sale Date: March 30, 2008

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Sans titre, la main

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Sans titre, la main

Sale Date: January 30, 2008

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Ohne Titel (Histoires des robes), 1990

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Ohne Titel (Histoires des robes), 1990

Sale Date: November 29, 2007

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Ohne Titel - Comment les amis feraient mon..., 1973

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Ohne Titel - Comment les amis feraient mon..., 1973

Sale Date: November 29, 2007

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La varieta, 1980

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La varieta, 1980

Sale Date: October 21, 2007

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La varieta (in 3 parts)

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La varieta (in 3 parts)

Sale Date: May 20, 2007

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Mes trophées

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Mes trophées

Sale Date: December 12, 2006

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Feuilleton 2eme episode - La dispute (+..., 1978

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Feuilleton 2eme episode - La dispute (+..., 1978

Sale Date: October 29, 2006

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Nuites blanches (in 3 parts, various sizes), 1990

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Nuites blanches (in 3 parts, various sizes), 1990

Sale Date: October 11, 2006

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Dissection (in 4 parts), 1996

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Dissection (in 4 parts), 1996

Sale Date: May 11, 2006

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The shoe (on 4 joined sheets), 1982

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The shoe (on 4 joined sheets), 1982

Sale Date: December 5, 2005

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Un motif gai (dbl-sided), 1972

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Un motif gai (dbl-sided), 1972

Sale Date: November 21, 2005

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La varietà, 1979–1980

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La varietà, 1979–1980

Sale Date: November 11, 2005

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