Cuerpos al límite : una aproximación a las obras de David Nebreda y de Orlan

Abstract

This thesis focuses on two contemporary artists: the Spanish photographer David Nebreda (1952) and the French performer Orlan (1947). Both are characterized by performing works and constructing controversial poetry, which challenge the normative scripts about the body. Indeed, his works border on the teratological, the ‘rare’ and the abject, and take the body to the extreme, insubordinate to the status quo. Therefore, our goal is to analyze and show how, through a set of risky (self) intervention techniques, both Nebreda and Orlan carry out subversive artistic practices and compose aesthetics on the edge.