Annette Messager is a French photographer visual artist. Annette Messager was born in Berck, France in the year 1943. Messanger attended the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs located in Paris, France.
The artist often refers to the female figure in her artwork. Using found object she hopes to bring attention to the way women are treated in society.
In this clip Annette Messanger talks about a solo retrospective exhibit featuring her work:
Price range information: The artist has worked with acrylics, watercolor, photography, crayon, and gouache.
Messager represented her country in the 2005 Venice Biennial.
The artist is based out of Malakoff, France.
Annette Messager is best known for her installation work. These have a great child like feeling because of the objects used to assemble them. Her works that show simple shapes such as a heart made up of many individual photographs offer the viewer many questions. Messager’s work is very intriguing to look at! The more you see the more you want to know about it!
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