Her art is based on the lives of women. She was born in 1945 and is somewhat of an activist for women. The individual elements of these catalogs are like small snapshots of the themes Messager deals with- issues of sexual and physical abuse, fragmentation of the body, sin, obsession with appearances, fairy tales, children, symbols, effigies, disguise, distortion, repetition. These all connect to issues surrounding women. The work is often executed using "women's" materials and techniques.
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