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  • “Love, insignificant, this, insignificant, body, insignificant, powerless, insignificant, never, insignificant, democracy, insignificant, pain […]”

    Insignificant, Franko B (2015)

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  • The life and work of Franko B is situated somewhere between isolation and seduction, benevolence and confrontation, suffering and eroticism, punk and poetry. It is a certain type of schizophrenia that finds a balance, dramatically undermining the status quo.

    When There’s No Future, how Can There Be Sin?, Becky Haghpanah-Shirwan (2015)

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  • “The essential aspect of the work of Franko B is his capacity to penetrate into everyday experience and define the horizon of life.”

    Franko B: I Still Love, Francesca Alfano Migletti (2010)

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  • "It was not the disturbing elements of the image, no, but rather the tender gaze, the amorous gestures and the fragile body. A mass of gentle emotions wrapping my mind, like a caress."

    He Who Loves – He Is One of Us, Gabriel Toso (2011)

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  • Like a latter-day Jean Genet, Franko generates a tension between the abject, the everyday and high culture; his hybridity constitutes an essential part of his message.

    Franko B: Haute Surveillance, Haute Couture, Sarah Wilson (2001)

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  • There is genuine affection in the art of Franko B, a strange kind of love and gentleness that affect everything that surrounds him.

    Untouchable: The Three-Dimensional World of Franko B, Michele Robecchi (2010)

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  • "A show that begins with silence; the silence of recall: Franko B’s walk, brief shifts in his body, interludes of movement. The silence that allows you to inhabit its deepest corners; the stillness that begins to open you up to movement; he is here, in front of us, ready to be looked at, ready to be loved, navigating emotional states, excavating memory."

    Programme Notes: Franko B’s Because of Love, Diana Damian (2014)

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  • "Love, videos, exposure, insignificant, powerless, soul, never, Guilliermo, bears, pain, life, refugees, tattoo, shit, fuck, Kira, Lois, I, Kamal, Hepatitis, village, self, promoted, Tim, love, more, love, dinner, Adrian, wounds, sound, refuge, performance,[...]"

    Untouchable, Franko B (2012)

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  • 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)

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  • • Disordinare il Senso [Disordering Meaning]

    Mara Predicatori (2025)

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  • • I Apologise, l’Innocenza Offesa [Innocence Offended]

    Filippo Mollea Ceirano (2025)

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  • • We Apologise

    Maurizio Coccia (2025)

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  • • Conscious of Being Fuckt

    Filippo Mollea Ceirano (2025)

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  • • I Apologise

    Franko B (2024)

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  • • To See You, To Be You, To Become You: I Miss You [...]

    Ruvi Simons (2017)

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  • • When There's No Future, How Can There Be Sin?

    Becky Haghpanah-Shirwan (2015)

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  • • Insignificant

    Franko B (2015)

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  • • I Was Not Present

    Franko B (2014)

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  • • Programme Notes: Franko B's Because of Love

    Diana Damian (2014)

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  • • He Who Loves - He is One of Us

    Gabriele Toso (2011)

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  • • Franko B: I Still Love

    Francesca Alfano Miglietti (2010)

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  • • Untouchable: The Three-Dimensional World of Franko B

    Michele Robecchi (2010)

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  • • Untouchable

    Franko B (2009)

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  • • Franko B - New Romantic

    Monica Trigona (2007)

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  • • “Corporeal Malediction”: Franko B’s Body/Art and the Trace of Whiteness

    Amelia Jones (2006)

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

    Jennifer Doyle (2006)

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  • • Bodies of Distress: Franko B's Paintings and Objects

    David Thorp (2006)

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  • • Liminal Spaces Within the Transgressive Body

    Colleen Walker (2005)

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  • • I Feel Empty

    Franko B (2003)

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  • Haute Surveillance Haute Couture

    Sarah Wilson (2001)

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  • • Blood on the Tracks

    Lois Keidan (1998)

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  • • The Illustrated Man: Franko B

    Stuart Morgan (1998)

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