Haute Couture

Series of garments produced by various fashion designers using blood-stained canvas from Franko B’s bleeding performances

(1999-2008)



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:

  • • Oh Lover Boy: The Exhibition

    Home, London (2002)

  • • Please Disturb Me

    Great Eastern Hotel, London (2001)



related works:

  • • Blood Canvas

    series of collages and wrapped objects (1998-2002)

  • • I Miss You

    performance (1999-2003)

  • • Oh Lover Boy

    performance (2001-2005)

  • • Still Life

    performance (2003-2006)

  • • Milk & Blood

    video (2001)