Orlan
by Kate Ince
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The French performance artist Orlan has acquired both fame and infamy for her performances. A multimedia artist since the 1960s, she embarked at the beginning of the 1990s on a project of body modification through plastic surgery.
Social aspectsHuman BodyClothing and dressSurgery in artMaterial cultureCriticism and interpretationPerformance artPlastic SurgeryIn artSurgery, Plastic, in artFashion & society