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The Human Canvas

Featured Artists


The performance and body artists featured in The Human Canvas are:

Orlan
Orlan is the pioneering French performance artist famous for her cosmetic surgery performances presented as a live art show.
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Ron Athey
Californian Ron Athey is another body art pioneer famous for his extremely controversial public scarifications and performance art that challenged the HIV/AIDS hysteria of the early nineties.
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Franko B
Franko B is the leading UK-based artist known for shedding blood in his performance art pieces.
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Kira O'Reilly
Kira's work is mostly known through anecdotes as she aims her live performances at small, intimate audiences.
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Alison Newstead
As a member of the Constant Elevation triup, performance artist Alice Newstead is best known for her Housewife Suspensions pieces.
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Pure Circus
The Seattle based performance art group specialise in suspension performance art.
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Psycho Cyborgs
Psycho Cyborgs is a performance art group that specialise in dark, shocking theatrical performances.
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Sonique Flesh
Sonique Flesh is a performance art group that specialise in creating experimental music.
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On TV
The Human Canvas will be shown on C4:
Tues, 14th March, 11.05pm
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