[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 time and loss, and conclusion.
Annette MessagerMostly, I believe an artist doesn't create something, but is there to sort through, to show, to point out what already exists, to put it into form and sometimes reformulate it.... I didn't invent anything, I indicated.
Annette MessagerBeing an artist means forever healing your own wounds and at the same time endlessly exposing them.
Annette MessagerI have always believed that somehow the less we reveal the more the other desires to see.
Annette Messager