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May 14, 2003 · Orlan, carnal art: Directed by Stéphan Oriach. With Orlan, Connie Chung, Gladys Fabre, Jean-Paul Fargier.
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- Documentary
- Stéphan Oriach
- 2003-05-14
A documentary covering the rebirth of St.Orlan from 1991 through most of the decade.
A documentary covering the rebirth of St.Orlan from 1991 through most of the decade.
Synopsis. With her surgical operations-cum-performances, Orlan makes the operating table her artist’s studio, where she produces work consisting of videos, drawings made with her own blood, reliquaries containing her flesh, shrouds, texts….
Carnal Art loves mockery and the baroque, the grotesque and other neglected styles since it opposes itself to social pressures the burden of which is carried by both, the human body and the work of art.
Orlan is a performance artist. She transforms her image, changes her body, through cosmetic surgery. First, she creates a robot portrait by merging several works: the birth of Venus, Psyche, Diana, Europe and the Mona Lisa. portrait that surgeons apply to her face and body.
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Why does art charnel love the Baroque?
What is charnel art?
Art Charnel loves the baroque and the parody, the grotesque and the styles left behind, because Art Charnel opposes the social pressures exerted on both the human body and the body of works of art. L’Art Charnel is anti-formalist and anti-conformist.
