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ORLAN is a French multi-media artist who uses sculpture, photography, performance, video, video games, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, and robotics as well as scientific and medical techniques such as surgery and biotechnology to question modern social phenomena.
Artists. ORLAN. French Artist. Born: May 30, 1947 - Saint-Étienne, France. Movements and Styles: Performance Art. , Body Art. , Identity Art and Identity Politics. , Feminist Art. "I tried to use surgery not to better myself or become a younger version of myself, but to work on the concept of image and surgery the other way around.
- May 30, 1947
Apr 5, 2019 · ORLAN is a contemporary French artist known for the radical act of changing her appearance with plastic surgery in the name of art. View ORLAN’s 82 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices.
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Sep 13, 2019 · ORLAN talks about feminism, the body as an art medium, and why she chose to surgically alter her face in the name of art. The French artist's show at Ceysson & Bénétière is her first New York ...
Aug 7, 2017 · In art, she is often found nude, recumbent, and passive. Her body is heavy with culture and discourse. In making five decades’ worth of self-portraits, ORLAN has taken control of her own image and staked a claim to her body.
ORLAN is one of the most famous french artist internationally known. She is not tied to any one material, technology or artistic practice.
ORLAN is one of the most famous French artist internationally known. She is not tied to any one material, technology or artistic practice.
