Virtual Encounter via Zoom / Annette Messager, “My Vows” (in Hebrew)
Due to the current national security situation, the Museum will be closed to the public. Most activities in physical spaces are postponed until further notice, except for a few events (free of charge, but advance registration is required).
We are all going through extremely trying times. In a bid to help, however modestly, we continue to offer, for the fifth week running, an hour of respite, by providing captivating lectures and encounters every day, free of charge, via Zoom.
This week we will recall past exhibitions at the Museum, get to know some of the beloved works in its collection, and visit important collections around the world. We invite you, the culture-loving public, to enjoy an hour of curiosity.
We wish everyone days of peace.
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Annette Messager, “My Vows” / Lecturer: Galit Landau-Epstein, Associate Curator of Contemporary Art
Over the course of her fifty years of artistic career, Annette Messager (b. 1943, lives and works in Paris) has assembled a diverse, unusual and ground-breaking body of work in a variety of media and sizes—from intimate drawings to huge, sweeping installations. Her social-feminist worldview consistently subverts convention and offers a theatrical performance that is dense and unsettling.
Her first solo exhibition in Israel, titled Desires, Disorders, opened at the Museum in March 2022 and provided a retrospective of her work that revolves around these two central themes. One of the most striking works in the exhibition, My Vows, is in the Tel Aviv Museum of Art’s Contemporary Art collection. It is a clear example of Massager’s unique visual language. We will trace the creative processes of one of the most prominent and influential artists in the international arena, who declares: “Art is my religion... Good art must move people. Without emotion or passion, there is no point to life.”
Note: This activity is in Hebrew only.
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Image: Annette Messager, My Vows, 1992, gift of Audrey Irmas to the American Friends of Tel Aviv Museum of Art, on loan to Tel Aviv Museum of Art, in honor of Herta and Paul Amir
© ADAGP, Paris, 2019