Fabulous Harlequin: ORLAN and the Patchwork Self, which was published by University of Nebraska Press earlier this year, features the life and artwork of internationally renowned French artist ORLAN who is most famous for her series of cosmetic-surgery performances in the 1990s in which she reconfigured her face and body as a critique of the standards of beauty imposed on women. The book is full of photographs from her career from her Harlequin hybrid figures who sit in chairs, displaying a collection of hybridized garments and her transforming sugeries.   
 
For those of you who are in the Lincoln area, ORLAN will be having a "round chair discussion" about her life and artwork in the Sheldon Museum. Her artwork will be displayed in the Sheldon until Jan. 30, 2011. The display is called ORLAN: The Harlequin Coat. To read more about ORLAN and her recent installement at the Sheldon Museum click here.