Self-Hybridation, Entre-deux,1994
In 1965, as part of her “CORPS-SCULPTURES” series, ORLAN created a work in which she emerges naked from a large gold frame. This image immortalizes the company’s unwavering determination to break new ground. All her life, she’s tried to get out of the box. The frame represents the formatting, the ready-m... more >> In 1965, as part of her “CORPS-SCULPTURES” series, ORLAN created a work in which she emerges naked from a large gold frame.
In 1965, as part of her “CORPS-SCULPTURES” series, ORLAN created a work in which she emerges naked from a large gold frame. This image immortalizes the company’s unwavering determination to break new ground. All her life, she’s tried to get out of the box. The frame represents the formatting, the ready-made thinking, the achievements of childhood and our environment.
We need to detect this framework, to know that it exists, in order to be able to go beyond it, to play with it, to emancipate ourselves from it, always with a critical distance. ORLAN sometimes presents her face uncovered or hidden by a mask.
