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Annette Messager — Mes vœux (Avec ton visage)
Annette Messager

Mes vœux (Avec ton visage)

A cascading constellation of small photographic fragments hangs suspended by threads, collectively forming an intimate and fragmented portrait of a face. Messager arranges these chromogenic prints in an organic, web-like cluster that hovers between wholeness and dispersal, evoking the vulnerability of human desire and devotion. The handmade quality of the tape and thread binds the work together with a domestic tenderness, transforming personal wishes and longing into a delicate, collectively woven offering.

Medium
chromogenic prints, tape and thread, in 3 parts

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Under the Influence

September 19, 2013

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Annette Messager, Mes vœux (Avec ton visage)

A cascading constellation of small photographic fragments hangs suspended by threads, collectively forming an intimate and fragmented portrait of a face. Messager arranges these chromogenic prints in an organic, web-like cluster that hovers between wholeness and dispersal, evoking the vulnerability of human desire and devotion. The handmade quality of the tape and thread binds the work together with a domestic tenderness, transforming personal wishes and longing into a delicate, collectively woven offering.

Medium
chromogenic prints, tape and thread, in 3 parts
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Face, Assemblage, French, Photograph, Layered, Mixed Media, Conceptual Art, Introspective, Colorful, Contemporary

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