I Miss You

performance

(1999-2005)



about:

Assuming the likeness of a catwalk show, but with his body naked, abject, monochromatic and bleeding, Franko B plays with the worlds of fashion and art whilst confronting the human form at its most existential and essential.

performances:

2005

  • Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels

2003

  • Tate Modern, London

2002

  • Circolo des Bellas Artes, Madrid

  • Cenpi, Beograd, Serbia

  • Gallerija Kapelica, Ljubljana, Slovenia

2000

  • Art Live, Turin

  • Malmo, Sweden

  • Fierce Festival, Birmingham

  • Beaconsfield, London

1999

  • Antwerp



photos:

photographs by Hugo Glendinning and Mauel Vason



videos:



texts:

“When Franko walked out of our view and the lights when up, I was overcome by tears – not by gentle tears, but by a wave of feeling so intense it threatened to take me over with wracking sobs — the kind of crying that makes you shudder.”

Critical Tears: Franko B’s I Miss You, Jennifer Doyle (2006) >

  • • Critical Tears: Franko B's I Miss You

    Jennifer Doyle (2006)

  • • To See You, To Be You, To Become You: I Miss You, phenomenology, performing bodies and other things

    Ruvi Simons (2017)

reviews:

  • • Bloody Sunday

    Art Review (May 2003)

  • • No Blood No Glory

    Rachel Capbel-Johnston, The Times (May 2001)

  • • We’re Close Enough To See Into His Eyes And To Watch His Chest Heave

    Louise Gray, The Independent (April 2000)



related works:

  • • Blood Canvas

    series of collage and wrapped objects (1999-2002)

  • • Haute Couture

    series of gaments (1999-2008)

  • • I Miss You: TV Version

    video (1997)

  • • Aktion 398

    performance (1998-2002)

  • • Oh Lover Boy

    performance (2001-2005)

  • • Still Life

    performance (2003-2006)

  • • I'm Here

    performance (2021)