Sunday, September 18, 2011

Annette Messager




Annette Messager is not one of the normal artists in French culture. She was born in 1943. As a child, she always would visit the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs. She spent more time at the museums and movie theatres at school, so was eventually asked to leave. Annette was fascinated by the art work. In her early 20s, she began to feel lonely as her role models were all men. 



She decided she wanted to express her gender of pain, love, beauty, power, and yearning through the eyes of a woman. For this, she is considered one of Europe's most important artists. 




Her work usually involves photography, drawing, knitting, embroidery, sewing, and other objects she has collected. In 1974, she began collecting French Proverbs and embroidering them onto cloth. Messager adopted extreme measures to not become invisible. 


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6N6g3Al-zc


She made her dream to a reality by changing the world, and spread the word that women should have just as much power as men. 



Her pictures were completely thinking outside the box. She reached the level of fame of where she is right now by twisting the status quo and making it into something new and exciting. She has been role models of many other artists in France and inspires others with her work. 

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What about your subject is particularly "French"?


Annette Messager loved creating new ideas in France. Her goals were to become a top artist in France. She went above and beyond her goals and reached people all over Europe and North America. She used her talent to express a woman's view of life through art. She influenced French women to have rights and be independent. She was daring to just talk about women's rights to a friend, but telling it to the whole world, she was "absurd". No matter what her judgement was, she revealed different attitudes of her lifestyle such as women working, and she used different vibes in her choice of colors and shades. 


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What are the major things that your subject addresses?

Annette Messager transforms every day objects into installations that flavors creativity, memory, melancholy, mystery, and obsession through what she thinks is of feminine views.  She has her own styles. She wanted to express feelings through her artwork and get her ideas thrown out into the world. She used different and crazy sculptures that were something so odd but beautiful, they grabbed people's attention; and look where she's at now. Her pictures were radical. She went over the top to get the message out because she loved art and she was passionate about it. Her work addresses women's rights through going beyond women's traditional roles such as cleaning and cooking. Instead she spread the word that women can vote, and women can play sports, and women can go to med school. 


Annette Messager wasn't just an artist. She was a leader. 

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