Annette MESSAGER

French visual artist.

[ BERCK-SUR-MER 1943 ]

Domain :

ARTS

Geographical area :

EUROPE

France

Author : Émilie BOUVARD

Under the direction of : Marie-Laure BERNADAC

Through her father, Annette Messager discovers the old masters, religious art, as well as Dubuffet’s outsider art. This interest in folk art and crafts, in madness and childhood, will remain a constant in her work, just like the influence of Goya, Ensor, Soutine or Bacon, who often feature grotesque representations of the human condition. In 1962, she enrols in the École nationale supérieure des arts...

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Bibliography

■ Annette Messager, mot pour mot, textes, écrits et entretiens,Bernardac M.-L. (Ed.), Dijon/London, Les Presses du réel/Violette,2006; Annette Messager, les messagers (exhibition catalogue),Duplaix S. (Cur.), Paris, Centre Pompidou, 2007.

■ Grenier C., Annette Messager, Paris, Flammarion, 2000.

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