Carnal ArtThe French artist Orlan is infamous for performances during which her body is surgically altered. In nine such performance surgeries, features from Greek goddesses painted by Botticelli, Grard, Moreau, and an anonymous School of Fontainebleau artist, as well as from da Vincis Mona Lisa, were implanted into Orlans face. During her surgical performances, viewers witness a material tampering with the relationship between the face and individual identity,