Orlan: Six Decades |
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| Artist:
| Schor, Gabriele |
| Text by:
| Allmer, Patricia
Bronfen, Elisabeth
Duplaix, Sophie
Grau, Donatien
Marcoci, Roxana
Millet, Catherine
Morineau, Camille |
| ISBN: | 978-3-7757-5432-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2023 |
| Publisher: | Hatje Cantz Verlag GmbH & Co KG
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $65.00 |
Book Description:
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Six decades of "carnal art" from the French feminist provocateur
Paris-based performance artist Orlan (born 1947) is legendary for her provocative performance art, particularly her body modifications, dubbed by her L'Art charnel (carnal art). That the body is political is evident in all her works; in 1989, she transformed Gustave Courbet's famous painting L'origine du mondeinto L'origine de la guerreby replacing the vulva with the phallus. This work is...
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Six decades of "carnal art" from the French feminist provocateur
Paris-based performance artist Orlan (born 1947) is legendary for her provocative performance art, particularly her body modifications, dubbed by her L'Art charnel (carnal art). That the body is political is evident in all her works; in 1989, she transformed Gustave Courbet's famous painting L'origine du mondeinto L'origine de la guerreby replacing the vulva with the phallus. This work is emblematic of her lifelong dedication to deconstructing traditional iconography of the feminine.
This catalog, published in tandem with an exhibition in Vienna, traverses the six decades of Orlan's oeuvre, revisiting her early performances in particular, while also representing her most recent creations. Notably, the artist's robot ORLAN-OÏDE(2018) is presented in the book via "ORLAN avatars," which can be animated through an augmented reality app.