Annette Messager
Annette Messager : ‘the secrets of her work in various forms, which has always oscillated between lightness and gravity.’
Visual artist with multiple identities, Annette Messager signs works in which ambivalence, writing and the representation of bodies, often fragmented, are at the heart of her creative process. " All my work is about fragments and pieces of the body.’… always wanted to use different and simple materials, everyday materials. As an artist, we accentuate things, so I emphasized that. That's why people didn't understand ... Going from a photograph to a drawing, to an embroidery, they said to me "you will never get out of this, you have to do the same thing, look at Warhol! "I did everything to make it not work, but I had no other desires. I like to look at different things, I sting, I fly. Artists fly around a lot. 'them, what they look at. I also look at the stores, the people, their gestures, and everything that surrounds me and art in general. But the neglected art ... " (Pigeat, 2020)
Like me, Annette Messager deals in multiples too, referencing multiple identities. She says: ‘I work by accumulation to hide myself, for fear of the unique thing.’’. Her works ‘incorporate … the representation of bodies, often fragmented.’ She also makes large scale, immersive installations, often including parts, some of which are made by her, and some which are everyday, found objects. She assembles them in unexpected ways so that ‘the work oscillates between lightness and gravity.’ (Pigeat 2020)
I see many similarities between her work and mine- the multiples, the methods of installation, the abstract body parts and the use of ambivalence to provoke conflicting responses.
Pigeat, A. (2020) Annette Messager: ‘I work by accumulation to hide myself, for fear of the unique thing’ Available at: https://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/les-masterclasses/annette-messager-je-travaille-par-accumulation-pour-me-dissimuler-par-peur-de-la-chose-unique (Accessed: 3 December 2020)
Visual artist with multiple identities, Annette Messager signs works in which ambivalence, writing and the representation of bodies, often fragmented, are at the heart of her creative process. " All my work is about fragments and pieces of the body.’… always wanted to use different and simple materials, everyday materials. As an artist, we accentuate things, so I emphasized that. That's why people didn't understand ... Going from a photograph to a drawing, to an embroidery, they said to me "you will never get out of this, you have to do the same thing, look at Warhol! "I did everything to make it not work, but I had no other desires. I like to look at different things, I sting, I fly. Artists fly around a lot. 'them, what they look at. I also look at the stores, the people, their gestures, and everything that surrounds me and art in general. But the neglected art ... " (Pigeat, 2020)
Like me, Annette Messager deals in multiples too, referencing multiple identities. She says: ‘I work by accumulation to hide myself, for fear of the unique thing.’’. Her works ‘incorporate … the representation of bodies, often fragmented.’ She also makes large scale, immersive installations, often including parts, some of which are made by her, and some which are everyday, found objects. She assembles them in unexpected ways so that ‘the work oscillates between lightness and gravity.’ (Pigeat 2020)
I see many similarities between her work and mine- the multiples, the methods of installation, the abstract body parts and the use of ambivalence to provoke conflicting responses.
Pigeat, A. (2020) Annette Messager: ‘I work by accumulation to hide myself, for fear of the unique thing’ Available at: https://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/les-masterclasses/annette-messager-je-travaille-par-accumulation-pour-me-dissimuler-par-peur-de-la-chose-unique (Accessed: 3 December 2020)