ORLAN is a French artist working in LA, New York and Paris. She always writes her name in capitals and has not got a fixed medium for her work.
In the 90's, ORLAN created a series titled "The Reincarnation of Saint-Orlan". This series featured Orlan transforming herself through plastic surgery into the ideal of female beauty by taking elements from beautiful women in art to create one look.
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| ORLAN, (1990), Septembre 1990 [ONLINE]. Available at: http://www.orlan.eu/wp-content/gallery/1990-septembre/septembre-1990-p120.jpg [Accessed 09 December 14]. |
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| ORLAN, (1993), 9eme Performance 1993 [ONLINE]. Available at: http://www.orlan.eu/wp-content/gallery/9eme-operation-chirurgicale-performance-1993/orlan-op1.jpg [Accessed 09 December 14]. |
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| ORLAN, (1991), Opera Surgery-Performance [ONLINE]. Available at: http://www.orlan.eu/wp-content/gallery/operation-opera/00130026.jpg [Accessed 09 December 14]. |
I think it is interesting how Orlan looked at ideas of beauty and beauty ideals, and went through such an extreme to create it. It is a really interesting way of thinking about and expressing art.
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