PENNY W. STAMPS SPEAKER SERIES

March 30, 2006

Orlan

French artist Orlan uses plastic surgery as her medium. Since 1990, she has undergone a series of choreographed surgical "performances". Her intention is not to become "beautiful" but rather to suggest that the "objective (beauty) is unattainable and the process horrifying."

In partnership with the Program in Comparative Literature and the Department of English Language & Literature.

Video

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Selected Bibliography

• Blair, Lorrie, and Maya Shalmon. "COSMETIC SURGERY AND THE Cultural Construction OF Beauty." Art Education 58.3 (2005): 14. http://www.lib.umich.edu/ejournals/. Just type in the name of the journal, then select the correct volume/issue.
• Lovelace, Carey. "Flesh & Feminism." Ms 14.1 (2004): 65. http://www.lib.umich.edu/ejournals/. Just type in the name of the journal, then select the correct volume/issue.
• O'Bryan, Jill. "Saint Orlan faces reincarnation." Art Journal 56.4 (1997): 50. http://www.lib.umich.edu/ejournals/. Just type in the name of the journal, then select the correct volume/issue.
• Rose, Barbara. "Is it art? Orlan and the transgressive act." Art in America 81.2 (1993): 82. http://www.lib.umich.edu/ejournals/. Just type in the name of the journal, then select the correct volume/issue.
• Cros, Caroline. Orlan /. Paris : Flammarion, 2004. Location: Art Architecture & Engineering - Basement . Call Number: NX 552 .Z9 O75 O753 2004
• O'Bryan, C. J. Carnal art : Orlan's refacing /. Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2005. Location: Fine Arts Library Call Number: NX 549 .Z9 O75 O27 2005
• Orlan, Duncan McCorquodale and Sarah Wilson. Orlan : ceci est mon corps, ceci est mon logiciel. London : Black Dog Pub., 1996. Location: Art Architecture & Engineering - Basement Call Number: NX 549 .Z9 O75 1996
• Digitized Bodies: Orlan
• Orlan Hompage