- Title :
-
Is it art? : Orlan and the transgressive act
- Author :
- ROSE, Barbara ;
- Publication year :
-
1993
- Language :
- English ;
- Abstract :
- Discusses the career and work of the French performance artist Orlan, focusing on a recent series of performances which take place in a hospital operating room and involve the transformation of the artist's face and body through plastic surgery. Cites precedents for Orlan's performances and examines the meaning of her actions and imagery. ;
- Pagination/Size :
- 11 ill. (8 col.) ;
- Topic :
- 530 - BIBLIOGRAPHIE D'HISTOIRE DE L'ART ; 5306G - 1945- ; Nouvelles formes artistiques ; 530-VI - 1945- ;
- French keywords :
- France ; Orlan, n.1947 ; Performance ; 1900-2000 ; 1968-1992 ;
- Descriptors :
- France ; Orlan, b.1947 ; Performance art ; 1900-2000 ; 1968-1992 ;
- Document type :
- Article ;
- Source :
-
Art in America (1939), 1993, 81, 2, Feb
- INIST identifier :
- 25171805 ;
- ISSN :
- ISSN 0004-3214 ;
- Provenance :
- Bibliographie d'Histoire de l'Art ;
- Publisher :
-
Brandt Art Publications, New York, NY
- Publisher country :
- UNITED STATES ;
