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Orlan: Six Decades
Hardcover
$65.00
By Gabriele Schor, Patricia Allmer (Text by), Elisabeth Bronfen (Text by), Sophie Duplaix (Text by), Donatien Grau (Text by), Roxana Marcoci (Text by), Catherine Millet (Text by), Camille Morineau (Text by)
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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 monde into L'origine de la guerre by replacing the vulva with the phallus. This work is emblematic of her lifelong dedication...