ORLAN
Among the many contemporary artists who consider the possibilities of using their bodies and performance as a medium of creation, ORLAN stands out with her proficiency in multiple practices. Questioning representations of art, gender, sexuality, and the self, this internationally renowned artist has continuously played with her appearance and identity to reinvent herself through an ongoing process of ‘self-sculpture’.
The thoughtful and complex journey of this exceptional artist, which intensely mixes art, life, and socio-political questions, has always taken place in close dialogue with the public and happily defies consensus.
Without aiming to be exhaustive, but by taking advantage of the diversity and richness of the presented works, the exhibition allows us to better understand how, through over half a century of uninterrupted creation, ORLAN, much like her art, has constantly reinvented herself …
Et emparée d’elle m’aime ( sic; French word play )