Savage mercies

Author

Rochette, Anne; Saunders, Wade

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Art in America. 1994, Num. 3, Vol. 82, 78-83, 7 col. ill.

ISSN

0004-3214

Abstract (en)

Describes several recent installations by the French artist Annette Messager, who frequently uses stuffed and preserved animals and birds in her works. Asserts that these pieces convey a dark ambivalence, fluctuating between sadism and tenderness.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1945-present -- New media -- France
• Messager, Annette, b.1943
• Installation works
• France
• 1982-1994
• Iconography
• Animals
• Taxidermy

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1945-présent -- Nouvelles formes artistiques -- France
• Messager, Annette, n.1943
• Installation (oeuvre d'art)
• France
• 1982-1994
• Iconographie
• Animal
• Taxidermie

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19941001-00347914

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