A majority of the successful women on the pop scene conform to what a woman is supposed to be. Some have tried to get things moving. They have tried to modify the image. But sometimes the image has a hard time changing the eye - to change the relationship between the image and the eye takes longer.
OrlanI wanted to jeopardize my own image. With my image I had already produced art pieces such as videos of photographs.
OrlanSurgery is not my job. I have been the first artist to use aesthetic surgery in another context - not to appear younger or better according to the designated pattern. I wanted to disrupt the standarts of beauty.
OrlanMy job is to be an artist and thus I use different media to deal with the status of the body in our society.
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