1943 : Essager is known mainly for her installation work which often incorporates photographs, prints and drawings, and various materials. Messager has exhibited and published her work extensively.
In 2005, her work was featured in the French Pavilion of the Venice Biennale, where she won the Golden Lion for her Pinocchio-inspired installation that transformed the French pavilion into a casino. One of her most famous pieces is her exhibition The Messengers, which showcases an installation of rooms that include a series of photographs and toy-like, hand knit animals in costumes. For example, some of the animals’ heads were replaced by heads of other stuffed animals to reflect the ways in which humans disguise themselves or transform their identities with costume.
She is the partner of artist Christian Boltanski.
Messager, Annette
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Tentation, 1987 Mot brodé sur tissu, photographie Série Mes ouvrages 42,5 x 43,5 cm
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Le tutu du petit rat, 2013 Tutu, sculture rat et aluminium noir, ventilateur, émerillon, corde Dimensions variables Distance de l'émerillon de 130 cm au sol Tutu : 75 cm Sculpture rat : 16 x 13 cm Fixée au centre du ventilateur (60 cm, Force 3)
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Ruse,1988 Mot brodé sur tissu, photographie Série Mes ouvrages 39,5 x 39,5 cm
