Orlan: The Narrative/Le Recit

by Orlan, Joerg Bader, Eugenio Viola, et al.

Since 1990, French-born artist Orlan has done seven plastic surgery "performances" which have radically reconstructed her face. She last added futuristic-looking pads of skin to each temple--utilizing the process which ordinarily constructs heightened cheekbones. In a 1998 digital photography series called "Self Hybridization," she montaged pictures of herself with images of Pre-Columbian, American Indian, African and "mutant" figures. Notorious for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8881586525
• ISBN13: 9788881586523
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Charta
• Length: 333 Pages
• Weight: 4.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.6" x 11.9"