Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Hegyi, Lóránd.
2. Viola, Eugenio.
3. Musée d'art moderne Saint-Etienne.

Description

1. 333 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color); 31 cm

Summary

1. On the occasion of Orlan's 60th birthday, this title delivers a broad overview of her works from the mid-1960s through to her most recent performances. In-depth critical essays address issues relating to today's society such as corporeality, the gaze, fashion as art, the media, and identity politics.

Alternative title

1. Récit
2. Narrative

Subject

1. Orlan > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

1. Exhibition catalogs.

Contents

1. Une œuvre entre le démiurge d'aujourd'hui et la référence postmoderne = An oeuvre positioned between the modern demiurge and postmodern referentiality / Lóránd Hegyi -- Le récit = The narrative / Eugenio Viola -- Le travail de médiation comme finalité de l'œuvre chez ORLAN = The process of mediation as the work's end purpose with ORLAN / Joerg Bader -- ORLAN, un corps politique = ORLAN, a political body / Marcela Iacub -- Crise de l'identité ou création de l'identité? Récit personnel ou récit social? La recherche du Soi par ORLAN au travers de l'histoire artistique du Soi = Identity crisis or identity creation? Personal narrative or social narrative? ORLAN's search for self through the artistic history of the self / Donald Kuspit -- Un peau cinématique = Cinematic skin / Peggy Phelan -- Entretiens = Conversations. Entretien avec ORLAN = Conversation with ORLAN ; Entretien avec Pierre Restany = Conversation with Pierre Restany / Eugenio Viola.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Note

1. Catalog of an exhibition held at the a Musée d'art moderne Saint-Etienne, May 26-Aug. 26, 2007.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references.