Orlan
French contemporary artist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Orlan (styles herself as ORLAN) is a French multi-media artist who uses sculpture, photography, performance, video, video games, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, and robotics as well as scientific and medical techniques such as surgery and biotechnology to question modern social phenomena. She has said that her art is not body art, but 'carnal art,' which lacks the suffering aspect of body art.[1]
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Biography
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Since the 1960s and 70s, ORLAN has challenged how the body is shaped by political, religious, and social norms, often through feminist art. Her work uses her own body to explore identity, frequently through photography.[2]
In 1976, she wore a dress printed with her nude image. Around the same time in Portugal, she displayed cut-out photos of her body parts, like an arm or breast.[3]
In 1977, she performed Kiss of the Artist at FIAC in the Grand Palais, Paris.[4] She sat behind a life-sized photo of her nude torso, turned into a slot machine that gave kisses for coins. The piece caused controversy and cost her a teaching job.[5]
In 1978, she founded the International Symposium of Performance in Lyon, running it until 1982. Her 1990–1993 "carnal art" series involved live surgical performances, sparking debate though they were a small part of her work.[6]
In 1982, she and Frédéric Develay launched Art-Accès-Revue, the first online art magazine on Minitel.[7]
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, her Self-Hybridations series digitally merged her face with those from various cultures.[8]
Later, she used biotechnology in Harlequin Coat, made from her own and others' cells.[9]
She taught at the École nationale supérieure d'arts de Paris-Cergy, had residencies at ISCP (2005) and the Getty Research Institute (2006).[10]
In 2013, she sued Lady Gaga for plagiarism linked to Born This Way, but lost both the initial case and appeal, being ordered to pay legal costs.[11]
That year, she won the Grand Prix de la Réputation for internet visibility, alongside Philippe Starck and Yann Arthus-Bertrand.[12]
During COVID-19 lockdowns, she wrote her autobiography, Strip-Tease : tout sur ma vie, tout sur mon art, published by Gallimard.[13]
On November 29, 2021, she was named a Knight of the Legion of Honor by Minister Roselyne Bachelot.[citation needed][14]
The Reincarnation of Sainte- ORLAN
In 1990, ORLAN began The Reincarnation of Sainte- ORLAN. It involved a series of plastic surgeries through which the artist transformed herself into elements from famous paintings and sculptures of women. As a part of her "Carnal Art" manifesto, these works were filmed and broadcast in institutions throughout the world, such as the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris and the Sandra Gehring Gallery in New York.[15]
ORLAN picked these characters, "not for the canons of beauty they represent... but rather on account of the stories associated with them." ORLAN defines cosmetic surgery as "nomadic, mutant, shifting, differing." ORLAN has stated, "my work is a struggle against the innate, the inexorable, the programmed, Nature, DNA (which is our direct rival as far as artists of representation are concerned), and God!".[16]
Being showcased in the Paris International Contemporary Art Fair.[17]
In the 2000s
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In 2001, ORLAN orchestrated a series of filmic posters, "Le Plan du Film," with various artists and writers.[18] She collaborated in 2008 with the Symbiotica laboratory in Australia, resulting in the bio-art installation "The Harlequin's Coat."Part of ORLAN's ongoing work includes "Suture/Hybridize/Recycle," a generative and collaborative series of clothing made from ORLAN's wardrobe and focusing on suture: the deconstruction of past clothing reconstructed into new clothing that highlights the sutures.[19]
It receives the Reputation on line Prize (Grand Prix de le-réputation) in 2013, organized by the art critic Alexia Guggemos, Plastic Arts category, which rewards the most popular personalities on the Internet alongside Phillipe Starck for design and Yann Arthus-Bertrand for photography.[20]
In 2018, ORLAN created a robot in her own image, " Orlanoïde", equipped with collective and social artificial intelligence that speaks with her voice by reading texts from a text generator: presented at the Grand Palais, for the exhibition "Artists and Robots", the robot is also part of a performance entitled "Electronic and verbal striptease" and also benefits from a motion generator. It is a work in progress, currently, the developers of the Art and science gallery in Dublin are developing other capacities.[21][22]
In 2019, she was honored with the special prize of WOMAN OF THE YEAR, awarded by the Prince of Monte Carlo.[23] ORLAN is also appointed Professor Emeritus of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma.[24]
She is represented in France by the Ceysson & Bénétière Gallery. In September and October 2024, her work titled Corps-sculpture sans visage en mouvement dansant avec son ombre n°6 (1967) was included in Ceysson & Bénétière Gallery's group exhibition, Clairvoyant.[25]
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Monographs
2023
- Catherine Millet/Bro, ORLAN SIX DECADES, Edition Hatje Cantz
2019
- Yann Toma (dir.), ORLAN, "Les femmes qui pleurent sont en colère", par femme avec tête(s), Paris, Sorbonne Artgallery, éditions Jannink
- Ceysson B., Chauvel-Lévy L., Hill E., ORLAN avant ORLAN, Ceysson éditions d'Art
2018
- Devilliers Laurence, Kyrou Ariel, Orlan, Martin V., Orlan-oïde robot hybride avec intelligence artificielle et collective, Éditions Lienart
2017
- Neutres J., Rice S., Franck T., Monterosso J.-L., ORLAN EN CAPITALES, Éditions SKIRA Acquaviva F., Orlan Exogène, Éditions AcquAvivA
2016
- Park Moon Soon, Soukyoun L., Jinsang Y., Grau D., Piguet P., Prieto I., Quaranta D., ORLAN TechnoBody Retrospective, 1966-2016, Éditions Scala
2015
- Grau D., Meyer J.-R., Piguet P., Prieto I., Quaranta D., ORLAN, Striptease des cellules jusqu'à l'os, Éditions Scala, Paris
- ORLAN, Zoom baroque : Plis et déplis, Galleria Peccolo
2014
- Baranovska I., Grenier C., Païni D., Rehm J.-P., ORLAN, L'art de la reine des masques, Gallery Michel Rein, Paris
- ORLAN, The Icon of the French Contemporary Art, House Neputns, Riga, Latvia
- ORLAN, L'art de la reine des masques, Galerie Michel Rein, Paris, Gallery Sejul, Séoul
2013
- Benito Climent J. I., El Arte-Carnal En ORLAN, Hacia Una Estética Del Sacrificio, Devenir, Madrid
- ORLAN, L'origine de la Guerre, Musée D'Orsay, Paris[26]
2012
- Bourriaud N., La Chance M. et Acos Palma R., Orlan Arte Carnal o cuerpo obsoleto / hibridaciones y refigurationes, Museum de Antioquia, Medellin, Museum of Modern Art, Bogota Colombia, Baere Bart de, Gregoir S., Van Mulders W., Besacier H., Charre A., ORLAN MesuRAGES (1968-2012)
- Action: ORLAN-body, Éditions du M HKA, Anvers
- Morelli A., Muyle J., Rollin P.-O., Est-ce que vous êtes Belge ? ORLAN, Yellow Now/ENSAV La Cambre, Bruxelles
2011
- Morineau C., Chavanne B. et Buci-Glucksmann C., Un bœuf sur la langue ORLAN, Éditions Fage, Lyon
- Bonnafous-Boucher M., Ed Al Dante Aka; Ceci est mon corps. . . ceci est mon logiciel, coll. Cahiers du Midi – coll. de l'Académie royale des beaux- arts de Bruxelles, Bruxelles
2010
- Bhabha H. K., Garelick R. K., Serres M., Tejeda I., Veneciano J. D., Virilio P. et Vu L., Faboulous Harlequin, ORLAN and the patchwork self
2009
- Orlan, Virilio P., Transgression, transfiguration [conversation], L'Une et L'Autre, Paris
2008
- Cruz Sanchez P. A., De la Villa R., Garelick R., Serres M., Tejeda I., Vu L., Orlan + davidelfi n, SUTURE-HYBRIDISATION-RECYCLING, held at Espacio Artes Visuales, Éditions E. A. V., Murcia
- Stefanutti C., Tra identità e alterità del proprio corpo- Orlan, Tecnograf
2007
- Bader J., Hegyi L., Kuspit D., Iacub M., Phelan P., Viola E., Orlan, The Narrative, Charta, Milan
- Barjou N., Defl andre L., Dubrulle, University of Nebraska (Received the First Price "Museum Publication Design" from the American Association Museums for 2011), University of Nebraska, USA
- Bouchard G., Buci-Glucksmann C., Caygill H., Donger S., Gilman Sander L., Hallensle-ben M., Hauser J., Johnson D., Malysse S., Olbrist H. U., Orlan, Petitgas C., Shepherd S., Virilio P., Wiln son S., Orlan, A Hybrid Body of Artworks, Routledge, Londres Enthoven R., Orlan, Vaneigem R., Unions Libres, Mariages Mixtes et Noces Barbares, Éditions Dilecta, Paris, 2010
- Gautheron M., Laot C., Marquis C., Noesser C., Normand O., Orlan, Morceaux choisis, École nationale supérieure/Musée d'Art Moderne de Saint-Étienne Métropole, Lyon
2005
- O'Bryan J., Carnal Art. ORLAN's Refacing, University of Minnesota Press
2004
- Blistène B., Buci-Glucksmann C., Cros C., Durand R., Heartney E., Le Bon L., Obrist H. U., Orlan, Rehberg Zugazagoitia J., ORLAN (angl. : ORLAN, Carnal Art), Flammarion, Paris
Books
- Strip tease - All About My Life All About My Art, The Everyday Press, 2024
- Strip-tease : tout sur ma vie, tout sur mon art, ORLAN, Ed. Gallimard, Collections Témoins de l'art 2021
- Ceci est mon corps. . . ceci est mon logiciel, postface by Maria Bonnafous-Boucher, Ed Al Dante Aka, Collection Cahiers du Midi - Collection de l'Académie royale des beaux- arts de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, 2011
- Unions mixtes, mariages libres et noces barbares,[27] with Raphaël Enthoven and Raoul Vaneigem; Dilecta, collection « Collectionneur », 2010.
- Pomme Cul et petites fleurs, éditions Baudoin Janninck, Paris, France, 2007
- ORLAN, Alliance Française, Buenos Aires, Argentine, 1999
- Une oeuvre d' ORLAN, Muntaner, Marseille, 1998
- "Viva !" in 1979-1983, Cinq ans d'Art Performance à Lyon, Editions comportement, environnement, performance, Lyon, France, 1984
- Prosésies écrites, prefaces by Henri Simon Faure & Lell Boehm, illustrations by J. M. P., Ed imprimerie Lithographique Peagno, St-Etienne, France, 1967
Filmography
- "Vierge Noire" (Black Virgin), film by Jean Dupuy, 16mm, black and white, 12 min, 1980.
- Films d’ici Productions, Film by Emilio Pacull, 1990.
- "Donne dell’altro mondo" (Women from Another World), film by Marisa Laurito and Roberto Ferrante, directed by Giampiero Ricci, French-Italian Production, 1993.
- "Synthetic Pleasures," New York, USA, directed by Lara Lee, 16mm, 1995.
- "ORLAN, Carnal Art," documentary film directed by Stephan Oriach, Myriapodus Films, Centre Georges Pompidou, Ministry of Culture (DAP), 35mm, 75 min, 2002.
- ORLAN’s interview at CCC de Tours, creative documentary film, 2004.
- Interviews with Bernard Blistène, Christine Buci-Glucksmann, Régis Durand, Robert Fleck, Jean-Hubert Martin, and Jean-François Taddei regarding Orlan's work, 2004.
- "Making of Sculpting Brushes Prototype lumineux no 1 Série Bump Load," co-production of the Conseil général du Val-d’Oise, Abbaye de Maubuisson, and Centre national des arts plastique, 2009.
- "elles@centrepompidou: ORLAN," by Axel Cevenot, co-production of the Centre Pompidou, Délégation à l’action culturelle audiovisuelle, and Ina, Direction de la production et de l’édition, 1 min 30 s, 2009.
- "De la condition féminine en milieu artistique" (On the Female Condition in the Artistic Milieu), by Loïc Connanski, co-production Les Programmes Courts et Créations/Canal+, 2009.
- "Un Œil entre Art Numérique et Science" (An Eye between Digital Art and Science), by Laurence Scarbonchi, co-production Chromatiques, Cap Canal, Université de Lyon, 52 min 7 s, 2010.
- "ORLAN," production Art–Tendance, People Misteremma, 3 min 27 s, 2011.
- "Paris-Delhi-Bombay… Draps-peaux hybridés" (Paris-Delhi-Bombay… Hybridized Bedsheets), interview by Centre Pompidou, 5 min 45 s, 2011.
- "L’artiste et son autoportrait/Das Selbtsporträt in der Kunst" (The Artist and Her Self-Portrait), for Arte (France/Germany), directed by Sabine Willkop, aired on January 30, 2012, 25 min 38 s, 2012.
- "Fig Leaf, The Biggest Cover-Up in History," by Rosie Schellenberg, for BBC4, produced by Rosie Schellenberg. Executive Producer: Jonty Claypole. Script: Stephen Smith, 1 min 9 s, 2012.
- "ORLAN, et la chair se fait verbe" (ORLAN, and the Flesh Becomes Word), directed by Fanny Dal Magro, Production Mosaïque Films, 52 min, 2012.
- "Beauty Culture: Annenberg Space For Photography," 2012.
- "Decryptcult #2, Interroger les frontières: hybridations et art corporel" (Decryptcult #2, Questioning Boundaries: Hybridizations and Body Art), October 2013, 24 min 40 s, 2013.
- "ORLAN, interview with Dominic Moulon for Mooc Digital Media," 2015:
“Sortir du cadre”(Breaking the Frame), 7 min 53 s; “S’Affranchir des codes “ (Breaking Free from Codes), 8 min 56 s; “Hybridation biotechnologique” (Biotechnological Hybridization), 7 min 33 s; “Codages et codages" (Encodings and Decodings), 6 min 48 s; “Modélisation 3D et interactivité “(3D Modeling and Interactivity), 6 min 12 s; “Corps et réalité augmentée” (Body and Augmented Reality,) 6 min 25 s.
See more
- Smith, K. (2007). Abject Bodies Beckett, Orlan, Stelarc and the politics of contemporary performance. Performance Research, 12(1), 66–76.
- Zerihan, R. (2012). ORLAN: A Hybrid Body of Artworks. Contemporary Theatre Review, 22(3), 426–428.
- Ayers, R. (1999). Serene and Happy and Distant: An Interview with Orlan. Body & Society, 5(2/3), 171.
- Knafo, D. (2009). Castration and Medusa: ORLAN's Art on the Cutting Edge. Studies in Gender & Sexuality, 10(3), 142–158.
- Lovelace, C. (1995). ORLAN: Offensive Acts. Performing Arts Journal, 17(1), 13–25. doi:10.2307/3245692 Orlan: Offensive Acts
- Rose, B. (1993). Is it art? ORLAN and the transgressive act. Art in America, 81(2), 82.
- Sayej, N. (2020, March 26). ORLAN: "I walked a long way for women." The Guardian. ORLAN: 'I walked a long way for women'
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