texts — Franko B

Franko B:

texts:

“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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• 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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texts:

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

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.

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

"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."

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.

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

"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,[...]"

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.

• I Apologise

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

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

• Insignificant

• I Was Not Present

• Programme Notes: Franko B's Because of Love

• He Who Loves - He is One of Us

• Franko B: I Still Love

• Untouchable: The Three-Dimensional World of Franko B

• Untouchable

• Franko B - New Romantic

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

• Critical Tears: Franko B's I Miss you

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

• Liminal Spaces Within the Transgressive Body

• I Feel Empty

Haute Surveillance Haute Couture

• Blood on the Tracks

• The Illustrated Man: Franko B

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