ORLAN

<p><em>ORLAN: A Hybrid Body of Artworks</em> is an in-depth academic account of ORLAN's pioneering art in its entirety. The book covers her career in performance and a range of other art forms. This single accessible overview of ORLAN's practices describes and analyses her various innovative uses of the body as artistic material. </p><p>Edited by Simon Donger with Simon Shepherd and ORLAN herself the collection highlights her artistic impact from the perspectives of both performance and visual cultures. </p><p>The book features:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>vintage texts by ORLAN and on ORLAN's work including manifestos key writings and critical studies</li> <p> </p> <li>ten new contributions responses and interviews by leading international specialists on performance and visual arts</li> <p> </p> <li>over fifty images demonstrating ORLAN's art with thirty full colour pictures</li> <p> </p> <li>a new essay by ORLAN written specially for this volume</li> <p> </p> <li>a new bibliography of writing on ORLAN</li> <p> </p> <li>an indexed listing of ORLAN’s artworks and key themes.</li> </ul>