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Annette Messager (b. 1943) is one of the most important French artists working today. In 2005 she represented France at the 51st Venice Biennale, where she won the Golden Lion for best national pavilion. Her work has been shown at institutions including the Centre Pompidou, MoMA and the Hayward Gallery.
Since the 1970s she has combined drawing, photography, collage, objects and installation. Working with everyday materials, found objects and images of her own body, she has long explored femininity, gender, desire, memory and social expectations. She describes herself as a “thief of words.” Puns, humour and irony run through her work, so pieces that seem playful or poetic at first open up questions of the body, identity, power and social norms.
