I can see today that the same sort of issues lie behind taxidermy and photography. Taxidermy consists in preserving a bird in full flight... In the same way, photography halts and freezes motion and life. — Annette Messager Copy Share Image
Mostly, I believe an artist doesn't create something, but is there to sort through, to show, to point out what already exists, to put… — Annette Messager Copy Share Image
I never take a picture of a face because a face is somebody, an arm is not recognizable as somebody. When you take a… — Annette Messager Copy Share Image
[Love] can be found in making little dresses for stuffed birds, or in a garden of tenderness like I have done - mixing writing,… — Annette Messager Copy Share Image
I can see today that the same sort of issues lie behind taxidermy and photography. Taxidermy consists in preserving a bird in full flight...… — Annette Messager Copy Share Image
I have always believed that somehow the less we reveal the more the other desires to see. — Annette Messager Copy Share Image
[My work] includes something about death, and about love, because the photos always have something to do with death. The photograph is like taxidermy.… — Annette Messager Copy Share Image
Pornography is about images that are repeated, saturated. Images of the human body, not nature. What I find in pornography is precisely the repetition… — Annette Messager Copy Share Image
“Being an artist means forever healing your own wounds and at the same time endlessly exposing them.” — Annette Messager Copy Share Image
At first, I felt proud when someone said 'Your work looks like a man did it.' Then I realized that was stupid — Annette Messager Copy Share Image
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![“[My work] includes something about death, and about love, because the photos always have something to do with death. The photograph is like taxidermy. It is like the animals I use. They are posed in order to appear to be alive, but they are dead. Their time has passed. The photos have to do with…” quote by Annette Messager](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/364/annette-messager-44479_alive_my-work-includes-something-about-death-a_2434589.jpg)
