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
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…
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…
I don't know who are the men and who are the women. In French I used to say "je suis un femme et une homme." That is to say a feminine male and a mas… - Orlan
I don't know who are the men and who are the women. In French I used to say "je suis un femme et une homme." That is to say a feminine male and a mas…
If one leaves home one might get a flower pot on his head and die. - Orlan
If one leaves home one might get a flower pot on his head and die.
I wanted to jeopardize my own image. With my image I had already produced art pieces such as videos of photographs. - Orlan
I wanted to jeopardize my own image. With my image I had already produced art pieces such as videos of photographs.
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…
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.
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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