| Item 9782080304315$12.73 - $22.98 Jaws must drop even those of sophisticated or jaded denizens of the contemporary art world when confronted with the funny, subversive, and outrageous activities of French artist Orlan (b. 1947). She's based in Paris where, over the course of a couple of decades, her photographic creations and her event-based artworks have sparked debate a... | |
Managing Technologies and Automated Library Syste... Museo Stibbert Firenze N. 13 : Tsuba Jaws must drop even those of sophisticated or jaded denizens of the contemporary art world when confronted with the funny, subversive, and outrageous activities of French artist Orlan (b. 1947). She's based in Paris where, over the course of a couple of decades, her photographic creations and her event-based artworks have sparked debate among feminists, and among those concerned with medical ethics as well as issues of sexuality, beauty, subjectivity, gender and technology. This oversize book (10.5x10.5<">) gives full treatment to her life and work. The publisher has made it available in both French and English editions. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
This is the first complete monograph devoted to the works and theories of Orlan, without a doubt today's most challenging and thought-provoking performance artist. She began her highly unconventional career at the age of 17 with a series of works using photographs of her own body, which has become her art "medium," her primary creative voice.
Working beyond the limits of body art, in her manifesto on "Carnal Art", Orlan wrote that her performances are "a selfportrait in the classical sense, yet realized through the technology of its time. Lying between disfiguration and figuration, it is an inscription in flesh." In 1999, using the operating room as a studio, she underwent a series of filmed plastic surgery operations to modify her own body-her canvas-including the placing of cheekbone implants under the skin of her forehead.
Here is a detailed, analytical text including a biography, a chronology of her exhibitions, and critical studies of the significance of her Carnal Art performances-a must-read for anyone interested in currents in contemporary art.
This is the first complete monograph devoted to the works and theories of Orlan, without a doubt today's most challenging and thought-provoking performance artist. She began her highly unconventional career at the age of 17 with a series of works using photographs of her own body, which has become her art "medium," her primary creative voice.
Working beyond the limits of body art, in her manifesto on "Carnal Art", Orlan wrote that her performances are "a selfportrait in the classical sense, yet realized through the technology of its time. Lying between disfiguration and figuration, it is an inscription in flesh." In 1999, using the operating room as a studio, she underwent a series of filmed plastic surgery operations to modify her own body-her canvas-including the placing of cheekbone implants under the skin of her forehead.
Here is a detailed, analytical text including a biography, a chronology of her exhibitions, and critical studies of the significance of her Carnal Art performances-a must-read for anyone interested in currents in contemporary art.
Orlan, born on May 30, 1947 in Saint-Etienne, France, has lived and worked in Paris since 1983. She began her highly unconventional career at the age of seventeen with a series of staged photographs of her own body, which has become her art "medium," her primary creative voice. She continued to make her body the center of public debate with works and performances staged in the most prestigious art galleries in France. Orlan's art has taken myriad forms: painting, sculpture, poetry, theater, dance, yoga, photography, video. Exploring multiple voices through the rich variety of media, Orlan's work addresses the recurring theme of sexuality, questions of female identity, Catholic symbolism, disfiguration and refiguration, and the dialectic between the virtual and the real.
Orlan : Carnal Art General
| ISBN | 9782080304315 |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Non-Fiction |
| Publisher | Flammarion |
| Pages | 247 |
| List Price | $50.00 |
| Author | Blistene, Bernard |
| Publication Date | 04/01/2004 |
| Release Status | In Print |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Language | English |
| Measurements | Height: 10.25 Inches (US)Width: 10.5 Inches (US)Thickness: 1 Inches (US)Unit Weight: 4.1 Pounds (US) |
| Edition | Bilingual Edition |
Jaws must drop even those of sophisticated or jaded denizens of the contemporary art world when confronted with the funny, subversive, and outrageous activities of French artist Orlan (b. 1947). She's based in Paris where, over the course of a couple of decades, her photographic creations and her event-based artworks have sparked debate among feminists, and among those concerned with medical ethics as well as issues of sexuality, beauty, subjectivity, gender and technology. This oversize book (10.5x10.5<">) gives full treatment to her life and work. The publisher has made it available in both French and English editions. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
This is the first complete monograph devoted to the works and theories of Orlan, without a doubt today's most challenging and thought-provoking performance artist. She began her highly unconventional career at the age of 17 with a series of works using photographs of her own body, which has become her art "medium," her primary creative voice.
Working beyond the limits of body art, in her manifesto on "Carnal Art", Orlan wrote that her performances are "a selfportrait in the classical sense, yet realized through the technology of its time. Lying between disfiguration and figuration, it is an inscription in flesh." In 1999, using the operating room as a studio, she underwent a series of filmed plastic surgery operations to modify her own body-her canvas-including the placing of cheekbone implants under the skin of her forehead.
Here is a detailed, analytical text including a biography, a chronology of her exhibitions, and critical studies of the significance of her Carnal Art performances-a must-read for anyone interested in currents in contemporary art.
This is the first complete monograph devoted to the works and theories of Orlan, without a doubt today's most challenging and thought-provoking performance artist. She began her highly unconventional career at the age of 17 with a series of works using photographs of her own body, which has become her art "medium," her primary creative voice.
Working beyond the limits of body art, in her manifesto on "Carnal Art", Orlan wrote that her performances are "a selfportrait in the classical sense, yet realized through the technology of its time. Lying between disfiguration and figuration, it is an inscription in flesh." In 1999, using the operating room as a studio, she underwent a series of filmed plastic surgery operations to modify her own body-her canvas-including the placing of cheekbone implants under the skin of her forehead.
Here is a detailed, analytical text including a biography, a chronology of her exhibitions, and critical studies of the significance of her Carnal Art performances-a must-read for anyone interested in currents in contemporary art.
Orlan, born on May 30, 1947 in Saint-Etienne, France, has lived and worked in Paris since 1983. She began her highly unconventional career at the age of seventeen with a series of staged photographs of her own body, which has become her art "medium," her primary creative voice. She continued to make her body the center of public debate with works and performances staged in the most prestigious art galleries in France. Orlan's art has taken myriad forms: painting, sculpture, poetry, theater, dance, yoga, photography, video. Exploring multiple voices through the rich variety of media, Orlan's work addresses the recurring theme of sexuality, questions of female identity, Catholic symbolism, disfiguration and refiguration, and the dialectic between the virtual and the real.
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