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Messager

British  
/ mɛsaʒe /

noun

  1. André ( Charles Prosper ) (ɑ̃dre). 1853–1929, French composer and conductor

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Lartigue's family album has been raided for a beautiful show devoted to his beloved wife and muse, Madeleine "Bibi" Messager, whom he photographed obsessively in Deauville, and on the Basque coast and the Côte d'Azur.

From The Guardian Jul. 6, 2013

They also show him learning from mentors and peers like Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Robert Gober, Sophie Calle and Annette Messager, cloaking personal trauma in myths, fairy tales and quasi-religious symbolism.

From New York Times Aug. 23, 2012

Under teachers like the painter, sculptor and photographer Christian Boltanski and the installation artist Annette Messager, the Cergy school became a major seedbed of experimental mixed media and conceptualism.

From New York Times Oct. 13, 2011

The range of work is also pretty remarkable, stretching from a Van Gogh portrait of his prostitute friend Sien through to a characteristic piece of visual poetic magic by Annette Messager.

From The Guardian Jan. 15, 2011

Messager was obliged to carry up milk in bottles, with a loaf of bread, and say that he wanted to lunch with him, in order to get Charpentier to take nourishment.

From Interpreters by Carl Van Vechten

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