Following leaders like Duchamp and Warhol, artists have been pushing the boundaries of what can be considered art for many years. One French woman, Orlan, has taken this to an extreme. Her body is her art, like many others, but the art is the transformation of her body in the most literal sense. Based on famous paintings of women, she alters her own face to match characteristics of the women in the paintings. She puts her ideas together as though her body is a living puzzle piece altered by plastic surgeons.
She calls herself a feminist. The manipulation of her body to look like women who have been deemed as beautiful represents the reality of what some women may be wishing for. Numerous women look at other women in mass media, wishing that they could change at least one of their features. Orlan actually does it. She has gone through at least 9 surgeries and currently represents one side of what happens when you decide to alter the way you look. The results do not reflect the glamorous results of celebrity experiences of plastic surgery. Celebrities have 'top' make-up artists, 'top' designers, 'top' cinematographers, 'top' photographers, 'top' editors, etc... to make them look better. Plastic surgery is one factor out of many.
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