Body Art and Ceremony
By Emma Peacocke - Visual Arts
Artists, Morimura and Orlan explore how visual identity is shaped by the way society views images in popular culture and the media. Morimura and Orlan examine traditional ideas and appropriate artworks to challenge the audience visually to reflect on our understanding of power in society. Through the use of technology and art making techniques, Orlan and Yasumasa contribute parody and satire into their work to come to terms with the audience through a postmodern and contemporary perspective to question the western perception in society.