Haute Couture
Series of garments produced by various fashion designers using blood-stained canvas from Franko B’s bleeding performances
(1999-2008)
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about:
Starting in 1999, Franko B provided sections of blood-stained canvas from his bleeding performances to a series of fashion designers, each of whom designed and made a unique garment.
Designers: Miguel Guri, Suzi, Ian Wallace, Vicky Vicious, Mayu, Lee Benjamin, Kova Katak, Lorna Lee Leslie, Hiroyuki Oyoshi, Anne Sofie Olrik, Jessica Ogden, Robert Thomas Adams, Maurizio Galante.
photos:
photographs by Manuel Vason and Franko B
exhibitions:
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• Oh Lover Boy: The Exhibition
Home, London (2002)
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• Please Disturb Me
Great Eastern Hotel, London (2001)
related works:
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• Blood Canvas
series of collages and wrapped objects (1998-2002)
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• I Miss You
performance (1999-2003)
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• Oh Lover Boy
performance (2001-2005)
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• Still Life
performance (2003-2006)
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• Milk & Blood
video (2001)