Mes Ouvrages de Broderies / My Embroidery Works, 1988 by Annette Messager
The work of Annette Messager (b. 1943, Berck) explores the subjects of the body, rituals and femininity, often mixing autobiographical details with fictional narratives. Mes Ouvrages de Broderies was created in the same year
as the seminal work, Mes Væux. Inspired by the Christian tradition of Ex-voto paintings, Mes Væux comprises hundreds of framed photographs, each presenting a small part of
a human body, that are suspended on strings in a dense constellation. Mes Ouvrages de Broderies bears a close affinity to this work, both in terms of its serial composition and
the fragmentation of the body via photography.
The 'objective' observations of the camera are combined with the highly subjective expression of hand-embroidered writing, invoking a distinctly feminist reference to domestic labour
that resonates with the work the artist produced
earlier in her career. MUDAM, Luxemburg
Mes Ouvrages de Broderies / My Embroidery Works, 1988 by Annette Messager
The work of Annette Messager (b. 1943, Berck) explores the subjects of the body, rituals and femininity, often mixing autobiographical details with fictional narratives. Mes Ouvrages de Broderies was created in the same year
as the seminal work, Mes Væux. Inspired by the Christian tradition of Ex-voto paintings, Mes Væux comprises hundreds of framed photographs, each presenting a small part of
a human body, that are suspended on strings in a dense constellation. Mes Ouvrages de Broderies bears a close affinity to this work, both in terms of its serial composition and
the fragmentation of the body via photography.
The 'objective' observations of the camera are combined with the highly subjective expression of hand-embroidered writing, invoking a distinctly feminist reference to domestic labour
that resonates with the work the artist produced
earlier in her career. MUDAM, Luxemburg