ORLAN (Bilingual edition) - Six Decades (Hardcover)

Using her own body as raw material for her artistic practice, French artist ORLAN deconstructs the traditional iconography of the feminine. In the 1990s, ORLAN caused a sensation with surgical operations performed on her body, but it was as early as 1964, at the age of 17, that she gave birth to her artistic self. Since then, she has continuously recreated herself and keenly explored the concept of identity. In her "carnal art," the body becomes both subject and object. This publication traverses the six decades of ORLAN's oeuvre, revisiting her early performances in particular. One of her most recent creations is the ORLANOIDE robot, and thanks to an augmented reality app, ORLAN avatars come to life and emerge from this richly illustrated volume. The political status of the body is made evident through all of her works: in 1989 she transformed Gustave Courbet's famous painting L'origine du monde into L'origine de la guerre by replacing the vulva with the phallus. The statement has not lost any of its topicality.

General

Imprint:	Hatje Cantz
Country of origin:	Germany
Release date:	July 2023
Editors:	Gabriele Schor
Text writers:	Patricia Allmer • Elisabeth Bronfen • Sophie Duplaix • Donatien Grau • Roxana Marcoci • Catherine Millet • Camille Morineau
Designers:	Maria-Anna Friedl
Dimensions:	270 x 215mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	304
ISBN-13:	978-3-7757-5432-3
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Individual artists > General
LSN:	3-7757-5432-6
Barcode:	9783775754323

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