Mirror of Origin | resurrecting L’Origine du monde
Luxembourgian performance artist Deborah de Robertis visited Paris’ Musée d’Orsay, about two weeks ago, on May 29, sat down in front of Gustave Courbet’s infamous 1866 painting L’Origine du monde (Origin of the World), and recreated the iconic image in the flesh. In a video of the performance, titled Mirror of Origin, the artist can be seen dressed in a gold sequin dress, exposing her vagina while the museum’s security guards crowding around her and usher cheering visitors out of the gallery.