Nomadic Residents presents ORLAN


Join OCAD in welcoming ORLAN at a free, public lecture

 
DateTuesday, September 30, 2008 - 10:30pm to Wednesday, October 1, 2008 - 12:00am

Cost

Free

Location

Auditorium 100 McCaul St., Toronto, Ontario

 

Join the Ontario College of Art & Design in welcoming ORLAN as its third artist in residence. As part of the residency, ORLAN will deliver a free public lecture on Tuesday, September 30 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the Auditorium (Level 1, 100 McCaul Street.)
From plastic surgery interventions and performances to photography and digital works, ORLAN has been a formidable presence in contemporary art for over four decades. Since the 1960s, her work has transcended the numerous “posts” and “isms” of the art world’s different movements, all the while interrogating our bodies and identities, questioning art’s relation to life, and testing the lines between the real and the virtual.

ORLAN’s work has been exhibited around the world and featured in the Paris, Venice, Istanbul, Lyon and Sydney biennials. In 2006–2007, she was a scholar in residence at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles. Last year, the Musée d’Art Moderne in her hometown of Saint-Étienne, France, organized “Le Récit” (“The Account”), a major retrospective celebrating her sixtieth birthday.

ORLAN teaches at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California and the École Nationale Supérieure d’Art de Paris-Cergy, splitting her time between Paris, Los Angeles and New York. She is represented by Galerie Michel Rein (Paris), Ace Gallery (Los Angeles), Stux Gallery (New York), B&D Gallery (Milan), Sjul Gallery (Seoul), and Holmes à Court Gallery (Perth, Australia).

ORLAN’s week-long OCAD residency is part of the Faculty of Art’s Nomadic Residents program which is generously supported by the Partners in Art. Nomadic Residents launched in April 2007 with acclaimed artist Rikrit Tiravanija. In September 2007, the program welcomed the internationally renowned artist Ann Hamilton. ORLAN’s residency is the final installment of the Nomadic Residents program. ORLAN’s visit is additionally supported by the Consulate General of France.

For more information on ORLAN, visit her website at www.orlan.net. For more information on French artists performing in Toronto, visit the website of the Consulate General of France in Toronto at (www.consulfrance-toronto.org) or subscribe to the Consulate’s monthly cultural newsletter by contacting Aude Javelas at infoculturel@consulfrance-toronto.org.

All are welcome; admission is free. Seating is limited and will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Guests are advised to arrive early.

 

DateTuesday, September 30, 2008 - 10:30pm to Wednesday, October 1, 2008 - 12:00am

Cost

Free

Website Location

Auditorium 100 McCaul St., Toronto, Ontario

ORLAN
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 10:30pm to Wednesday, October 1, 2008 - 12:00am

 

Join the Ontario College of Art & Design in welcoming ORLAN as its third artist in residence. As part of the residency, ORLAN will deliver a free public lecture on Tuesday, September 30 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the Auditorium (Level 1, 100 McCaul Street.)
From plastic surgery interventions and performances to photography and digital works, ORLAN has been a formidable presence in contemporary art for over four decades. Since the 1960s, her work has transcended the numerous “posts” and “isms” of the art world’s different movements, all the while interrogating our bodies and identities, questioning art’s relation to life, and testing the lines between the real and the virtual.

ORLAN’s work has been exhibited around the world and featured in the Paris, Venice, Istanbul, Lyon and Sydney biennials. In 2006–2007, she was a scholar in residence at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles. Last year, the Musée d’Art Moderne in her hometown of Saint-Étienne, France, organized “Le Récit” (“The Account”), a major retrospective celebrating her sixtieth birthday.

ORLAN teaches at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California and the École Nationale Supérieure d’Art de Paris-Cergy, splitting her time between Paris, Los Angeles and New York. She is represented by Galerie Michel Rein (Paris), Ace Gallery (Los Angeles), Stux Gallery (New York), B&D Gallery (Milan), Sjul Gallery (Seoul), and Holmes à Court Gallery (Perth, Australia).

ORLAN’s week-long OCAD residency is part of the Faculty of Art’s Nomadic Residents program which is generously supported by the Partners in Art. Nomadic Residents launched in April 2007 with acclaimed artist Rikrit Tiravanija. In September 2007, the program welcomed the internationally renowned artist Ann Hamilton. ORLAN’s residency is the final installment of the Nomadic Residents program. ORLAN’s visit is additionally supported by the Consulate General of France.

For more information on ORLAN, visit her website at www.orlan.net. For more information on French artists performing in Toronto, visit the website of the Consulate General of France in Toronto at (www.consulfrance-toronto.org) or subscribe to the Consulate’s monthly cultural newsletter by contacting Aude Javelas at infoculturel@consulfrance-toronto.org.

All are welcome; admission is free. Seating is limited and will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Guests are advised to arrive early.

 

Venue & Address: 
Auditorium 100 McCaul St., Toronto, Ontario
Cost: 
Free
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