Orlan

Out of all the performance art pieces we have observed in class, her plastic surgery pieces are by far the most intense and powerful in my opinion. Most people would probably consider them to be way over the line of insanity, but I think in many respects that is part of what she is trying to express through them. I think that her underlying goal is to completely destroy the "image" barrier that binds our society by destroying her own feminine characteristics with the plastic surgery.