Mayan Anthropomorphic figures n°8, 2022
Cibachrome print in a lightbox
59 × 40 inches | 150 × 100 cm
ABOUT THE ARTIST
ORLAN (b. 1947, Saint- Étienne, Loire) is a French artist born by the name Mireille Suzanne Francette Portes. She adopted the name ORLAN in 1971, which she always writes in capital letters : "ORLAN." Her subsequent career has been a series of rebirths and triumphs of will over technology and a transformation of her body. She's had numerous plastic surgery operations to create what she calls "Carnal Art." From 1990 to 1995, she underwent nine plastic surgery operations. In one operation she had her mouth altered to imitate that of "Francois Boucher's Europa," and in another had her forehead changed to mimic the protruding brow of Da Vinci's Mona Lisa.
ORLAN’s work has been featured in major exhibitions worldwide, including the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Tate Modern in London. She lives and works in New York, LA, and Paris.