I have always questioned the status of the body in our society. I have always been working on social, political, cultural and religious pressures, which prints them in the flesh and in particular in women's flesh.
Beauty is the product of the dominant ideology. (Thus when ideology changes, the ideal body follows.) We can see that in the history of art. - Orlan
Beauty is the product of the dominant ideology. (Thus when ideology changes, the ideal body follows.) We can see that in the history of art.
- Orlan
Some men develop their own singularity. Football makes men conform to stereotypes: the warrior or the hunter. Football produces a certain kind of mas… - Orlan
Some men develop their own singularity. Football makes men conform to stereotypes: the warrior or the hunter. Football produces a certain kind of mas…
Surgery is not my job. I have been the first artist to use aesthetic surgery in another context - not to appear younger or better according to the de… - Orlan
Surgery is not my job. I have been the first artist to use aesthetic surgery in another context - not to appear younger or better according to the de…
My job is to be an artist and thus I use different media to deal with the status of the body in our society. - Orlan
My job is to be an artist and thus I use different media to deal with the status of the body in our society.
There are a lot of people who do crazy things without necessarily being crazy, for example crossing the Atlantic solo. Some crazy things which requir… - Orlan
There are a lot of people who do crazy things without necessarily being crazy, for example crossing the Atlantic solo. Some crazy things which requir…
I have always questioned the status of the body in our society. I have always been working on social, political, cultural and religious pressures, wh… - Orlan
I have always questioned the status of the body in our society. I have always been working on social, political, cultural and religious pressures, wh…
I make myself into a new image in order to produce new images. - Orlan
I make myself into a new image in order to produce new images.
Only a few kinds of images force you to shut your eyes: death, suffering, the opening of the body, some aspects of pornography for some people, and f… - Orlan
Only a few kinds of images force you to shut your eyes: death, suffering, the opening of the body, some aspects of pornography for some people, and f…
Being a narcissist isn't easy when the question is not of loving your own image, but of recreating the self through deliberate acts of alienation. - Orlan
Being a narcissist isn't easy when the question is not of loving your own image, but of recreating the self through deliberate acts of alienation.
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