Annette Messager, Counter‑Pike (with Victim)

2002‑2003

Typical of Messager’s work that incorporates found objects, for Counter-Pike (with Victim), a stuffed teddy bear hangs upside down with arms and legs attached by ropes to two vertical sticks. Annette Messager’s conceptual works explore fantasy, anthropomorphism, and constructions of gender. In her immersive mixed media installations and wall-hangings, she interrogates the ways that individuals and societies perceive women and reality in general.