Arcadia Revisited (Black Dog Series)

ORLAN， This Is My Body . . . This Is My Software . . . is the first in-depth publication devoted exclusively to the past and present works by this well-known French performance artist. These newest performance-based works use her own body as the subject of aesthetic surgery， where she manipulates her features in accordance with ideals of feminine beauty appropriated from the history of art. Featured in this expanded version of the original 1996 publication， is a document of recent performances， past work， provocative visual images and critical essays. In English and French text， dimension: 9 x 131/2 inches， includes 80 color reproductions.""