FRANKO B -NEWS-

BECAUSE OF LOVE - press article

2011-12-20T09:46:00.000-08:00

Article by Maria Vittoria Berti for Exibart, published 20th December 2011:
FRANKO B - BECAUSE OF LOVE: L’ARTE SI FA CON IL FOUND RAISING

BECAUSE OF LOVE is a new multi-discplinary performance piece currently under development by Franko B. To find out more and support the project, please visit indiegogo.com/because-of-love.

NEW EMAIL ADDRESS

2011-12-05T06:11:00.000-08:00

Franko B can no longer be contacted at frankob2000@yahoo.co.uk, since this account was hacked on 5th December 2011. Franko's new address is frankobartist@yahoo.co.uk.

If anyone has received an email saying Franko B is stuck in Madrid and needs money, please do not respond, as it is not from Franko B. Do not give these people any money by Western Union Transfer.

I'M THINKING OF YOU - video

2011-12-04T04:05:00.000-08:00

I'M THINKING OF YOU - Performance at Gru, Geneva, 25th November 2011. Video by La Nuit La Nuit.

GLOBE GALLERY AUCTION

2011-11-29T08:37:00.000-08:00

www.globegallery.org/

Friday 2nd December 2011, auction starts at 6.30pm
Auction hosted by John Anderson with special guest Chris Donald

Globe's live auction aims to raise funds to support the development of our new contemporary arts venue in Newcastle.
With more than 60 artworks generously donated by artists including Douglas Gordon, Mike Nelson, Mark Fairnington, Jane & Louise Wilson, Franko B, Stefan Gec, Simon Leahy-Clark, Fiona Banner, John Kippin, Fiona Crisp and many others, and with prices for everyone, this is a not-to-be-missed evening.
All proceeds from the sale of the artworks will go towards continuing the development of our innovative programme of exhibitions, projects, artist support, community and school workshops, and our range of award winning volunteering opportunities.

You can now leave silent bids if you are unable to come to the live auction. The auction items can be viewed at the gallery on Wednesday 30th November and Thursday 1st December from 11.30am to 5pm

IN YOUR FACE

2011-11-22T08:52:00.000-08:00

IN YOUR FACE - Group exhibition at Show Studio, 1-9 Bruton Place, London W1J 6LT.

Private view 1st December, 6-8pm. Exhibition continues until 4th February. Tues-Sat, 11am - 6pm.

Marina Abramovic, Franko B, Debra Baxter, Luis Bunuel, Nancy Burson, Chris Crites, Stephen Doherty, Leo Gabin, Lucy & Bart, Gao Brothers, Shadarfarin Ghadirian, Douglas Gordon, Fraser Hamilton, IngridMwangiRobertHutter, Patrick Ian Hartley, Stephen Jones, Nick Knight, Little and Whitehead, Nasir Mazhar, Amir Mobed, Polly Morgan, Harold Offeh, kennardphillips, Ed Templeton, Rudolf Schwartzkogler, Santigo Serra, Tim Shaw, Anj Smith, Hank Willis Thomas, Void Of Course

www.showstudio.com

[click to view readable image]

I'M THINKING OF YOU - reminder

2011-11-21T11:24:00.000-08:00

Franko B will perform I'M THINKING OF YOU at GRÜ, Geneva on November 25th. More information and tickets here.
www.grutli.ch

THE SATURDAY ARTS CLUB

2011-11-20T05:22:00.000-08:00

The Saturday Arts Club podcast - 19th November 2011

Includes an interview with Richard Smith from Peter Scott Gallery, Lancaster, who talks about Franko B's recent solo exhibition, SOMEONE TO LOVE.

Listen here (Richard Smith interview starts approximately half way through).

BECAUSE OF LOVE

2011-11-13T04:50:00.000-08:00

BECAUSE OF LOVE is a major new performance piece currently under development by Franko B. We need your support to make the piece happen! Please visit www.indiegogo.com/Because-of-Love for full details. Thank you.

FRANKO B - press article

2011-11-08T06:40:00.000-08:00

Franko B interviewed by Luca Pakarov, for Rolling Stone Italia, published 7th November 2011

read it here

PERFORMANCE NIGHT AT THE RCA

2011-10-30T12:41:00.000-07:00

PERFORMANCE NIGHT AT THE RCA

3 NOVEMBER 2011

Works selected by contemporary artists Nigel Rolfe, Franko B, Leah Capaldi and Jack Tan will be exhibited in a night of Performance Art at the Royal College of Art.

Following a week-long programme of intensive coaching and development, proposed work by students will be selected for an evening of performance at the Battersea campus of the Royal College of Art. As part of the college’s interdisciplinary initiative (AcrossRCA) students from design, animation, visual communication and fine art will be taken through a process of proposal, development, refinement and selection for Performance Night at the RCA.

The event makes apparent how other disciplines, as diverse as industrial design engineering or textiles, can enter, enrich and inform performance art. Questions are raised about how performance consists as a field of enquiry, its development, and the permeability of its boundaries.

The Performance Night exhibition takes place on 3 November 2011, 6.30pm to 10pm.

Free Admission
Royal College of Art, 15-25 Howie Street, Battersea, London SW11 4AS
Public information: www.rca.ac.uk
Tel: 0207 590 4444

SOMEONE TO LOVE - video

2011-10-22T04:08:00.000-07:00

Franko B - SOMEONE TO LOVE - Peter Scott Gallery, 21st October - 12th November 2011.

PERFORMANCE NIGHT AT THE RCA

2011-10-21T03:57:00.000-07:00

3 NOVEMBER 2011

Works selected by contemporary artists Nigel Rolfe, Franko B, Leah Capaldi and Jack Tan
will exhibited in a night of Performance Art at the Royal College of Art.

Following a week-long programme of intensive coaching and development, proposed work by students will be selected for an evening of performance at the Battersea campus of the Royal College of Art. As part of the college’s interdisciplinary initiative, students from design, curating, animation, visual communication and fine art will be taken through a process of proposal, development, refinement and selection for Performance Night at the RCA.

The event makes apparent how other disciplines, as diverse as industrial design engineering or textiles, can enter, enrich and inform performance art. How performance consists as a field of enquiry, its development, and the permeability of its boundaries.
The Peformance Night exhibition takes place on 3 November 2011, 6.30pm to 10pm.

Free Admission
Royal College of Art, 15-25 Howie Street, Battersea, London SW11 4AS
Public information: www.rca.ac.uk
Tel: 0207 590 4444

WEBSITE UPDATED

2011-10-19T09:46:00.000-07:00

http://www.franko-b.com has been updated (October 2011). New content added to gallery, text and events pages.

SOMEONE TO LOVE - reminder

2011-10-11T12:19:00.000-07:00

Franko B's solo show, SOMEONE TO LOVE opens at Peter Scott Gallery, Lancaster on 20th October, with an artist's talk chaired by Dr Emile Devereaux on Friday 21st at 2pm.

More info. and tickets here.

'Franko B is an instinctive and direct artist whose unique consideration of himself and what it is to be human is internationally recognised in a practice that spans performance, live art, installation and sculpture. In a display containing newly commissioned work, Peter Scott Gallery presents an installation that focuses on the fate of animals, who for Franko B “represent the balance of life”.

There is darkness in the work, a sense of gothic terror and romance, but also a sense of new purpose for the objects and animals on display - they have been saved from demise and given a new lease of life. Furthermore the artist is present, prepared and presented like the other exhibits. Franko draws a line between himself and these animals, and shares their vulnerability in being on display. After all, “What difference is there?” Franko B asks, for whom “humans are animals with an ego and Gucci glasses.”'

Exhibition open 21st October - 12th November.

I'M THINKING OF YOU

2011-10-10T04:47:00.000-07:00

Franko B will perform I'M THINKING OF YOU on 25th November 2011 at the Who's Afraid of Performance Art festival at GRÜ, Geneva.

Information and tickets here.

Bâtiment d'Art Contemporain- rue des Bains 8, 1205 Genève

Théâtre du Grütli

tél: +41 (0) 22 328 98 68

www.grutli.ch

NEON + VINYL

2011-10-05T05:28:00.000-07:00

Londonewcastle invites you to

Neon + Vinyl

presented by Plus Art Projects at Londonewcastle Project Space

Time Out First Thursdays Late evening: Thursday 6th October, 6pm
Frieze week party: Friday 14th October, 6pm

exhibition continues until 20th October 2011

Plus Art Projects’ alternative Frieze show ‘Neon + Vinyl’ is exhibiting new art works in neon and vinyl by Tracey Emin, Sarah Lucas, Gavin Turk, Franko B, Regina Silveira, Amanda Eliasch, Melville Mitchell, Peter Lamb and Paul Hosking, Alex Baker, Phill Wilson-Perkin, Seamus Farrell, Warren McLachlan, Tim Bromage, Mark Croxford, Morag Myerscough, Luke Morgan, Kim Fielding, Dominic Allan, John Tiney, Jason Davidge, Stik, Marcus Mitchell, Jason Minsky, Giorgio Sadotti, Nick Kennedy, Will Strong, John Close, Will Marshall, The DnA Factory, Peter Ainsworth, Gemma Land, Damien Good, Dingbot McLatchley, David Wood, Craig Robertson, Sarah Blood, Laura Graham, Jonathan Wright, Ken Graham, Jim Woodall, Pete Jones and Amelia Newton Whitelaw amongst others.

The show is unique in drawing together a wide range of creative talent to work with media traditionally associated with street level advertising and industrial processes. We are challenging artists to subvert these media and find new ways to communicate.

Curated and produced by neonist Kerry Ryan, artist Declan McMullan and Jessica Temple, ‘Neon + Vinyl’ is the fourth Frieze week show from Plus Art Projects.

Opening Times: Thursday 6th - Thursday 20th October 2011. Open every day from 10am -6pm. Late viewing by appointment

LONDONEWCASTLE PROJECT SPACE
The Londonewcastle Project Space is a gallery and exhibition space in Shoreditch created by property brand Londonewcastle as a platform for creatives and artists to display their work and further their practice. The gallery is donated to users who might not otherwise have the opportunity to show their work and forms part of the ongoing local cultural discourse.
www.londonewcastle.co.uk

28 Redchurch Street
London E2 7DP
MORE INFORMATION
info@plusartprojects.com
www.londonewcastle.co.uk/#/events/list

FRANKO B - interview

2011-09-22T08:28:00.000-07:00

Art News (Italy) - April 2011

HE WHO LOVES - HE IS ONE OF US

2011-09-20T05:47:00.000-07:00

Gabriel Toso
He Who Loves – He Is One of Us
London, September 2011

[more texts about Franko B can be found at www.franko-b.com/text.htm]

I still remember the first time I saw Franko B. It was in a book illustrated with photos taken during one of his live performances. Franko was naked, covered with bodily fluids. Jaded, ready to drop. Towering next to him like an amused crane was a girl dressed as a nurse; or as a patient. The caption that accompanied the image was taken from Eroticism by the once described “metaphysician of evil”, Georges Bataille “Man must be aware of the things which repel him most violently – those things….are part of our nature”. I was 19 years old and confused. But inquisitive too….

That first visual encounter with the artist is still vivid in my mind, but the reason for it took a while to decipher. 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.

And now, fifteen year later, I know the man behind that photo and that gentleness is still present and alive. Indeed, having peeped inside the world of Franko B, I am wondering how can it be described as ‘disturbing’ - unless we find disturbing our own feelings. Franko’s work is a reflection of our emotional states. And yet, we find it initially difficult to relate to it. It employs the same alphabet but the language appears different. But is it really? Art critics, art journalists and the public at large have the tendency to think of artists as something different. Messianic and godlike or evil and immoral. Or just plain different. They are different than us, right? And then it hit me. Franko B, the visual artist and performer, is not a special entity or a frightening creature of dark fairy tales. Franko B is a man. He is made of flesh and bones, and has a heart and a soul. He sleeps and breathes, he eats and drinks, he walks and speaks, he pisses and shits, he cries and laughs, he fucks, he loves. Franko B is like me, like us. Franko B is one of us.

I remember Franko recently taking part in a conversation with a renowned art historian/book writer, a kind of vicious ferret. The guy was more interested in his own work (and Ego) than Franko’s. At the end he reluctantly asked: “Your canvases, your sculptures, your performances…..your work and life…..why? What is all about?” Silence. And then Franko, with a serious smile, “It is all about relationships”. That hit me again. His words resonated and expanded embracing and wrapping together with a gentle cuddle all of us in the audience. Travelling further, to the rest of the world. Relationships….

Even more recently I was conversing with Franko over dinner. The subject focused on Existentialism. The Big Questions. The condition of human existence and the meaning or purpose of life. At some point Franko B with clarity and conviction announced “ Because of love, that’s why we are here”. Silence. And then it hit me again. Franko B, the man and the artist, loves. All his work is about love. No the kind of spiritual love lost in remote deserts or the physical sensual love consumed in cities but Love as the pure generative universal energy that creates, preserves and destroys everything. It’s the love from one human being to another. And to the rest of the World. It’s the love that encompasses everything. As the arrival of Spring awakes in us the instinctive realisation of the passing of time and the returning swallow announces its love for the season and the land, so Franko’s work is a constant reminder of the eternal truth of Love. And Franko B loves. The words of Thomas à Kempis come to mind “Love flies, runs, and rejoices; it is free and nothing can hold it back….

Gabriel Toso

SOMEONE TO LOVE

2011-07-25T04:53:00.000-07:00

Franko B - SOMEONE TO LOVE - solo show at Peter Scott Gallery, University of Lancaster.

21st October - 12th November 2011

I'M THINKING OF YOU - review

2011-07-17T07:53:00.000-07:00

Review of I'M THINKING OF YOU - performance at Montpellier Danse festival, 27th June 2011

I'M THINKING OF YOU - reminder

2011-06-20T10:33:00.000-07:00

Franko B will perform I'M THINKING OF YOU at Montpellier Danse festival on 27th June.
More information and tickets here.

FRANKO B - feature

2011-06-16T05:36:00.001-07:00

Cover of LOBODILATTICE, 6th June 2011
Franko B. even the loser has a good time at the party
Oh, My Loverboy. Protect Me. I Miss You. Franko B. ha sempre usato il cortocircuito semantico come canale di espressione privilegiato. Il suo corpo eccessivo, tatuato, crocicchio sincronico fra le freak-parade del Diciannovesimo Secolo, i tavoli delle notomie, le segrete degli interrogatori rinascimentali, le tribù delle subculture di fine millennio, vira dal bianco al nero per ansia di purezza. Franko B. si apre le vene e crea percorsi di sangue, per mostrare il dolore all’indifferenza degli spettatori. E titola le sue cruente alchimie di umori con dichiarazioni di desiderio struggente. La sua eleganza e pulizia formale ha metabolizzato una grande varietà di media, dalla performance, all’installazione, alla creazione di oggetti, ambienti, vestiti. Il neon rosso, simbolo a metà strada fra il camp della sessualità mercenaria, il condotto venoso sublimato e l’idea di qualcosa di morbido e luminoso, si piega a comporre messaggi d’amore e solitudine. My Heart Is Yours, Do You Want It? I Feel Lonely, Please Call Me. Even the Loser Has a Good Time At The Party. La croce rossa raffigura l’eccedenza di significati propria dei simboli. E quindi la cura del dolore, la sollecitudine, l’universo queer delle uniformi di latex, l’universalità del dolore, la connessione con la simbologia religiosa del martirio e della sua santità. [translate]

FRANKO B GUITAR - Jovanotti video

2011-06-06T13:53:00.000-07:00

http://youtu.be/RruDYGIx1Ak
- Lorenzo Jovanotti video featuring a special edition guitar designed by Franko B, which was made by the students of professor Gildo Pannochia at the Institute of Arts, Macerata and sponsored by Eko, Italia.

HEART AND SOUL

2011-05-27T05:38:00.000-07:00

HEART AND SOUL is a new special edition guitar designed by Franko B, made by the students of professor Gildo Pannochia at the Institute of Arts, Macerata and sponsored by Eko, Italia.

It was kindly played by Lorenzo (Jovanotti) during his recent tour of Italy.

Thanks to The Institute of Arts, Macerata, Gildo Pannochia, Giovanni Matarazzo and Eko.

Special thanks to Saturnino and Lorenzo.

I STILL LOVE - artist's talk - Thursday 2nd June

2011-05-26T07:31:00.000-07:00

Franko B in conversation with art critic and historian, Edward Lucie Smith.
6.30pm, Thursday 2nd June. The Nunnery Gallery, 181 Bow Road, London E3 2SJ

Discussion will revolve around the theories and concerns which inform Franko B's work and his current exhibition at The Nunnery, 'I Still Love'. This will be followed by a screening of a documentary accompanying his recent solo exhibition in Milan.

I STILL LOVE is Franko B’s first solo exhibition in London for seven years and features a new series of embroidered canvases, never before shown in the UK. The canvases, which depict animals, flowers, portraits and the male body, as well as images of torture and war, return to the central themes of Franko B’s work – death, eroticism, intimacy, pain and compassion. These recurrent motifs find a delicate new means of expression through the exclusive use of red and white cotton on unprimed canvas.

Franko B was born in Milan in 1960 and has lived in London since 1979. He graduated from Chelsea College and has been producing work across a diverse range of media since the early 1990s. Since 2009, he has been Professor of Sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Macerata, Italy. Franko B is the current Artist in Residence with Bow Arts Trust.

Edward Lucie-Smith is an internationally known art critic and historian, who is also a poet, anthologist and a practising photographer. He has published more than a hundred books in all, more than sixty of them about art. Lucie-Smith’s photographs have been exhibited internationally and in Britain he was for many years a well-known broadcaster and journalist. He currently writes regularly for Art Review.

Doors will open at 6.30pm for a 7pm start.
Following the talk and screening, the exhibition will remain open until 9pm.

To reserve a place, please RSVP to nunnery@bowarts.com.

Gallery open Friday – Sunday, 1-5pm | Exhibition continues 6th May – 5th June 2011
Entry is free

AT NIGHT WE CRY

2011-05-15T04:15:00.000-07:00

At Night We Cry is a new musical collaboration between Franko B and Jacopo Pannocchia with Stefano Teodori.
Our first ever performance will be at Art Day 2, at Terminal, Macerata, Italy - 3rd July 2011, 9pm.
The idea of this collective is to invite collaboration with other artists, allowing the group to mutate and progress organically over time. We are arty but also political.
Blog to come soon.

FRANKO B SUMMER SALON

2011-05-13T10:12:00.000-07:00

Franko B Summer Salon
Saturday 25 June, 3-7pm. SE1 Project Space, 46 Willow Walk, London SE1 5SF
Part of Bow Arts Open 2011.
- All welcome -
Franko B has been running his ART POLITICS SEX Salons at Bow Arts Trust over the past two years, and at other venues across Europe since 2003. The event attracts a regular group of artists and art lovers who want to share their views and their creativity with others. (Read more about ARTS POLITICS SEX here.)

I STILL LOVE - Artist's Talk - photos

2011-05-11T12:02:00.000-07:00

Some photos from the artist's talk on Sunday 8th May 2011 at Franko B's exhibition, I STILL LOVE at The Nunnery Gallery, London.

Thanks to everyone who came.

The next talk will take place on Thursday 2nd June, and the exhibition is open until 5th June 2011.

I STILL LOVE - review

2011-05-10T07:14:00.000-07:00

Review by Steph Hurst for Spoonfed:

I Still Love is Franko B’s first solo exhibition in London for seven years. His latest body of work at The Nunnery Gallery is a series of larger-than-life images stitched onto canvas with yarn. The Nunnery (actually a former nunnery, with the architectural interior to prove it) lives down a long alleyway of artist studios, lit by a constellation of dangling fluorescent lights. This bright, high-ceilinged space provides a good home for the, ahem, well-hung embroidered canvases.

The front gallery is quiet and blanched with a muted palette of bone-coloured cotton on unprimed canvas. The aesthetic is minimal and features portraits of torture alongside a bird and a blank canvas. The grouping of these images becomes an overture for the rest of the show.

The nave gallery introduces playful, erotic imagery. Twinkies kissing. A robin perched on a branch. A double hanging (as seen in the front gallery) is re-appropriated in bright red Egyptian cotton, accentuating the colour contrast. There is language in the sharp elbows of the bold contour lines—in the curves of two penises kissing. They almost seem to be moving.

The images are both appropriated and personal. “I don’t want to work with images that repulse me,” Franko says, “but with images that I can’t forget – that are ingrained in my memory.” I have seen some of this work in his studio – subjects projected onto canvas with an old-school overhead projector. He condenses the original images to produce flat, stylised renderings. Grouped with the occasional flower or bird, war and brutality comprise the majority of the images. Arranged together in one place, they seem to engage in conversation.

The back gallery is the noisiest – floor to ceiling with 22 square canvases including several military portraits, a triptych of Tom (and the rambling scar on his abdomen), a couple of hangings (the thick red noose and the negative space), and my personal favourite, the spectacular sprawling of barbed wire.

In a recent documentary of I Still Love at PAC Milan, Franko says, “I’m an artist who works with single images. When I choose which image to work with, I choose one that has touched me or that keeps my attention. This might be two cute boys kissing and I feel some emotion towards it, or a child who has just escaped and survived an attack on his school, which has killed most of the other children. To me, it has the same effect.” The results are eye-catching (and highly collectible).

Franko’s distinctive branding – where classical meets queer – appears in the exclusive use of red and white. He’s been tagged a New Romantic, and I Still Love doesn’t deviate, but evolves the artist’s multidisciplinary approach… in other words, it works.

Franko B – I Still Love is at the Nunnery until 5th June 2011.

I STILL LOVE - Artist's Talk + screening

2011-05-09T11:26:00.000-07:00

Thursday 2nd June

Franko B will discuss the theories and concerns which inform his work and the diverse range of approaches he takes to producing art. There will also be a screening of a documentary accompanying his recent solo exhibition in Milan. Doors will open at 6.30pm for a 7pm start. Following the talk, the exhibition will stay open until 9pm.
To reserve a place, please RSVP to nunnery@bowarts.com.

Franko B - I STILL LOVE - exhibition open 6th May - 5th June 2011, Friday-Sunday.
The Nunnery Gallery, 181 Bow Road, London E3 2SJ

I STILL LOVE - photos

2011-05-06T09:27:00.000-07:00

I STILL LOVE - 6th May - 5th June 2011

The Nunnery Gallery, 181 Bow Road, London E3 2SJ

I STILL LOVE - Private View - photos

2011-05-06T08:06:00.000-07:00

Thanks to everyone who came.
The exhibition, I STILL LOVE is open now until 5th June 2011 - Friday-Sunday, 1-5pm.
Artist's talk 8th May, 2pm
The Nunnery Gallery, 181 Bow Road, London E3 2SJ

FRATERNISE - THE SALON - exhibition and events

2011-05-05T12:38:00.000-07:00

Fraternise - The Salon - Fundraising group exhibition at Beaconsfield, London. Until 29 May 2011, Tuesday – Sunday, 11am-5pm. Across all Galleries.

Fraternise – the Salon offers a collectible range of contemporary art works. Contributing artists include those at the top of the commercial game and others who are, as yet, unknown in the auction room.

With prices ranging from £5 – £20,000 this exhibition offers a special opportunity to exercise your judgment and perhaps risk your aesthetic arm, by starting or expanding a collection.

Events:
Monday 16 May 2011 at 7pm - Fraternise – for Collectors
Nina Miall, Director Haunch of Venison

Wednesday 18 May at 11am - Fraternise – the Coffee View

Saturday 21 May at 2pm - Fraternise – the Curators Talk

Friday 27 May from 6.30pm till late - LAST Fridays: Fraternise – the finissage
Last-chance, evening viewing of Fraternise – the Salon with late bar and Fraternising artist-DJs.

Full details of all events here.

NEW WORK

2011-05-05T12:17:00.000-07:00

White neon, each 150 x 150 cm (mounted).

PENNY ARCADE

2011-04-27T05:06:00.000-07:00

Franko is very excited to have met with the living legend, Penny Arcade.

Please check her website, www.pennyarcade.tv

I STILL LOVE - exhibition and events

2011-04-24T04:47:00.000-07:00

I STILL LOVE - an exhibition of recent visual art work by Franko B at The Nunnery Gallery, 181 Bow Road, London E3 2SJ

Exhibition open 6th May - 5th June 2011, Friday - Sunday, 1:00 - 5:00 pm.

DIARY OF EVENTS:

5th May: PRIVATE VIEW - 6:30 - 9:30 pm

8th May: Artists talk, 2:00 - 3:30 pm - Franko B will be in conversation with writer and curator, Michele Robecchi. Discussion will focus on the theories and concerns that inform Franko's work and the diverse range of approaches he takes to producing art. To reserve a place, RSVP to nunnery@bowarts.com

2nd June: First Thursday event - Franko B will discuss the theories and concerns which inform his work and the diverse range of approaches he takes to producing art. There will also be a screening of a documentary accompanying his recent solo exhibition in Milan. Doors will open at 6.30pm for a 7pm start. Following the talk, the exhibition will stay open until 9pm.
To reserve a place, please RSVP to nunnery@bowarts.com.

I STILL LOVE is Franko B’s first solo exhibition in London for seven years and features a new series of embroidered canvases, never before shown in the UK.

The canvases, which depict animals, flowers, portraits and the male body, as well as images of torture and war, return to the central themes of Franko B’s work – death, eroticism, intimacy, pain and compassion. These recurrent motifs find a delicate new means of expression through the exclusive use of red cotton on unprimed canvas.
A bold, eclectic artist, and for many years a leading figure on the international performance art scene, Franko B continues to celebrate and express the beauty of existence in his work, focusing on powerful and emotive imagery. I Still Love follows on from the artist’s recent solo exhibition at PAC (Pavilion of Contemporary Art) in Milan.

GLOBE GALLERY - exclusive FB artworks

2011-04-23T15:33:00.000-07:00

A selection of limited edition and original artworks by Franko B are available to buy now, exclusive to Globe Gallery.

Arts closures at London Metropolitan University

2011-04-23T14:42:00.000-07:00

There is a serious threat of closure to various undergraduate courses at London Metropolitan University from the HALE department.
On the 14/04/11, Senior Management at London Metropolitan University revealed plans to cease recruitment on their highly popular and prestigious Philosophy, History and Performing Arts Degrees; effectively ending recruitment in academic year 2012/13.
Please visit http://lmusavehale.blogspot.com for more information.

Please show your support by signing this petition.

SPILL TAROT EXHIBITION

2011-04-19T05:05:00.000-07:00

SPILL Tarot Exhibition
18 - 23 April 2011 / 13:00
Barbican Public Spaces

In 2009, Pacitti Company commissioned a collaboration between photographer Manuel Vason, designer Justin Weyers and 22 contemporary maverick artists from around the globe to each restage a tarot card. The result is a limited edition SPILL Tarot Pack.

The images feature Ron Athey, Marisa Carnesky, Franko B, Raimund Hoghe, Robert Pacitti, Lois Keidan, Lee Adams, Carla Esperanza Tommasini, Sheila Ghelani, Oreet Ashery, Rajni Shah, Noblesse Oblige, Vaginal Davis, Grace Ellen Barkey, Harminder Judge, Kira O'Reilly, Helena Hunter, Empress Stah, Dominic Johnson, Julia Bardsley, Manuel Vason and Yann Marussich.

This exhibition is a large format photographic display of the full deck of cards: 22 Major Arcana images, and the uncut printers’ sheets of the Minor Arcana.

ART NEWS - TV show

2011-04-17T05:43:00.000-07:00

Franko B was special guest on Art News, broadcast nationally in Italy on RAI 3, 16th April 2011.

Watch the full programme online here. (30 minutes duration. An extended interview with Franko B is intercut with reports on other arts stories.)

Watch the 'Making Of' video here.

I'M THINKING OF YOU

2011-04-15T11:53:00.000-07:00

Franko B will perform I'M THINKING OF YOU at Montpellier Danse festival, 27th June 2011.
Click here for tickets and further details.

Performance at Beaconsfield - photos

2011-04-04T14:56:00.000-07:00

Franko B performance at Fraternise - The Salon - Group show at Beaconsfield, London.

1st April 2011

Exhibition open until 29th May.

Photos by Thomas Qualmann.

I STILL LOVE - artist's talk

2011-04-04T08:20:00.000-07:00

8th May 2011, 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Franko B will be in conversation with writer and curator, Michele Robecchi. Discussion will focus on the theories and concerns that inform Franko's work and the diverse range of approaches he takes to producing art.

The talk will take place at The Nunnery Gallery, London, as part of Franko B's solo exhibition, I STILL LOVE.

Free entry.

GLOBE GALLERY, Newcastle

2011-04-01T08:19:00.000-07:00

Banking on Your Support - Globe Gallery, Newcastle

15/04/2011 - 31/12/2011

The event (15th April) includes a live performance from world famous artist FRANKO B and installations by Chris Dreier & Frank Lohmeyer (Berlin), Ben Jeans Houghton (Newcastle), and Paul Grimmer (Newcastle).

There will also be refreshments and a DJ.

To confirm your attendence, please download your free ticket.

Globe would like to invite you to contribute to Globe's major new arts venue in the ex Co-operative Bank in Blandford Square, Newcastle city centre.

This event offers you the opportunity to see the old Co-op Bank in a raw state with access to the vaults, safes and counters but in place of bullion, you will see a range of artwork produced by regional, national and international artists who are the backbone of the organisation, providing thousands of people with great experiences for more than 16 years.

more information here.

DRAWING 2011

2011-03-21T11:45:00.001-07:00

DRAWING 2011 BIENNIAL FUNDRAISER

Exhibition dates: 7 April to 18 May

Auction night: 18th May 2011

Top name artists make new work for auction

The Drawing Room Biennial Fundraiser has become one of London’s art world key biennial events. Since 2003 over 600 established and emerging artists, from the UK and abroad, have generously made a unique work on paper in support of the non-profit gallery’s programme.

For this event a huge array of artists comes together to demonstrate the crucial role that drawing plays in contemporary art and to endorse the Drawing Room as a platform for its presentation and exploration. This exhibition will not only document the extraordinary richness of drawing today but will also mark the Drawing Room’s 10th Anniversary

“I see the drawing room auction as a kind of annual commission, and it's nice to go back to an existing series of works (I mean the nudes). This year a whole new set of pieces came out of resuming work on the nudes”. John Stezaker, 2011

Artists including Franko B, Fiona Banner, Cornelia Parker Angela de la Cruz, Bob & Roberta Smith, Richard Long, Hamish Fulton, Goshka Macuga, Paula Rego, George Shaw, John Stezaker, Erik Van Lieshout have given among many other established and emerging artists in the UK and abroad.

'It was here that I first saw Anna Barham's drawing and was so intrigued, I commissioned her to make a work. The fundraiser is great way to gain exposure to young artists and forge relationships with them.' Elisabetta Buonaiuto, collector

The drawings are to be exhibited for four weeks, culminating in an exciting silent auction event on Wednesday 18th May. The Biennial Fundraisers offer the perfect opportunity to purchase unique works on paper by major and upcoming artists.

FRATERNISE

2011-03-18T12:28:00.000-07:00

Fraternise - the Salon

Group exhibition at Beaconsfield, London.
2 April – 29 May 2011
Tuesday – Sunday, 11am-5pm
Exhibition Preview: Friday 1 April, from 6pm
Upper Gallery 1, Canteen Gallery 2 & Arch Gallery 3

Fraternise – the Salon gathers a cohort of artists in a curated, fundraising exhibition, to support the future existence of Beaconsfield.
Exhibiting artists include…
Franko B, David Birkin, Matthew Burrows, Tamsyn Challenger, Jules Clarke, Ben Cockett, A. David Crawforth, Judith Dean, Mark Dean, Nicholas Deshayes, Adam Dix, Robert Ellis, Laura Emsley, Peter Fillingham, Edwina Fitzpatrick, Eloise Fornieles, Stephen Fowler, Rachel Garfield, Mary George, Mathew Gibson, Colin Glen, Lucy Gunning, Matt Hale, Damien Hirst, Rachel Howard, Marc Hulson, Sarah Jones, Sarah Lucas and Olivier Garbay, Ross McNicol, Charlotte Moth, Monika Oechsler, Tom Ormond, Boo Saville, Naomi Siderfin, Dafna Talmor, John Timberlake, Caroline Todd, Roman Vasseur, Joseph Walsh, Amelia Whitelaw, Erika Winstone.

The Salon brings together collaborators, patrons and protégés who have worked with Beaconsfield or who support its role in the artists’ community.
The Salon offers a rare opportunity to view a diverse range of contemporary works (many artists exhibiting together for the first time) and to start or expand a collection. Sales will benefit both participating artists and Beaconsfield.
Fraternise is a fundraising scheme established in 2005 to reflect Beaconsfield’s core values, forming a community of artists who demonstrate their support in practical terms by providing the potential to secure Beaconsfield’s future.

Fraternise – the Salon is co-curated by the charity’s artist-trustees, Rachel Howard, Judith Dean and artist-directors David Crawforth and Naomi Siderfin.

I STILL LOVE (monograph) - review

2011-03-08T03:59:00.000-08:00

Gay Times, April 2011.

Review for I STILL LOVE, Franko B's latest monograph, published by 24 Ora Cultura, Milano.

The monograph coincides with the artist's recent solo exhibition at PAC, Milan.

[click to view]

ARTS POLITICS SEX -reminder

2011-02-21T05:42:00.000-08:00

The next salon will take place on Tuesday 8th March 2011, from 6:30 pm at Franko B's studio - studio 7, P 1 studios block C15,Taylor Place, Payne road, London, E3 2SP.

[more info. here]

All welcome. you can bring some food and drink.

If you would like to come, please email frankob2000@yahoo.co.uk, or you can just turn up on the day.

Tim Etchells presents Franko B: "Action 398"

2011-02-20T05:12:00.000-08:00

Testing Presence: The Unfolding Exchange (Keynote Conversation, Track 1), Auditorium, 04.02.2011

Transmediale festival, Berlin - February 2011.

I STILL LOVE - e-flyer and press release

2011-02-18T08:49:00.000-08:00

E-flyer for I STILL LOVE - an exhibition of recent visual art work by Franko B, at the Nunnery Gallery, London.

6th May - 5th June 2011

Private View: 5th May, 6:30-9:30 pm - put it in your diary!

[click to view] -Please forward-

FRANKO B – I STILL LOVE
The Nunnery Gallery – 181 Bow Road, London, E3 2SJ
nunnery@bowarts.com
www.nunnerygallery.org

Private View: Thursday 5th May, 18:30-21:30
Exhibition continues: 6th May – 5th June 2011

I Still Love follows on from the artist’s recent solo exhibition at PAC (Pavilion of Contemporary Art) in Milan, and is Franko B’s first solo exhibition in London for seven years.

A bold, eclectic artist, for many years a leading figure on the international performance art scene, Franko B continues to express the beauty of existence in his work, focusing on powerful and emotive imagery.

This exhibition will include a new series of embroidered canvases, never before shown in the UK. The canvases, which depict animals, flowers, portraits, male bodies, as well as images of torture and war, play on the central themes of Franko B’s work – death, eroticism, intimacy, pain and compassion – here brought into a new light through the exclusive use of red cotton.

The fragile beauty of these images, delineated on the blank canvases with bright red thread, is reminiscent of the red blood marks on the whitened body of the artist – which were typical elements of his earlier performance works, and are deeply embedded in the public perception of his practice.

‘I’m essentially a painter who also works with performance. I come from a visual art background, and not theatre or “live art”, and this is very important to me as it informs the way my work is read. Over the last twenty years or so, I have developed ways of working to suit my need at that particular time, in terms of strategy and context, by using painting, installation, sculpture, video and sound.’
- Franko B 2010.

Franko B was born in Milan in 1960 and has lived in London since 1979. He graduated from Chelsea College of Art and Design and has been producing work across a diverse range of media since the early 1990s – ranging from video to photography, from performance to painting and sculpture. He is a visiting lecturer at many arts institutions and universities across the world, and has run several workshops and mentoring schemes for emerging artists. Since 2009, he has been Professor of Sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Macerata, Italy.

Franko B has performed at Tate Modern, ICA (London), South London Gallery, Arnolfini (Bristol), Palais des Beaux Artes (Brussels), Beaconsfiled (London), Bluecoat Centre (Liverpool), in Mexico City, Berlin, Copenhagen, Madrid and Vienna, to name but a few. He has presented his visual art work at Tate Liverpool, RuArts Foundation (Moscow), Victoria and Albert Museum (London), Freud Museum (London), PAC (Milan), Contemporary Art Centre (Copenhagen) and many more. His works are in the collections of the Tate, Victoria and Albert Museum, South London Gallery and the Modern Art Museum of Tel Aviv.

For more information, please contact
nunnery@bowarts.com
020 8709 5292

UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER - rejection

2011-02-17T07:55:00.001-08:00

Re: L/SL in Fine Art

I am sorry to inform you that your application for the above post has not been selected for interview.

The selection committee has considered all the information and made a detailed analysis of each application against the candidate specification. The pool of applications was extensive which has meant that the selection committee has also made a comparative assessment of all the applicants and drawn up a short list of those who most closely match the specification.

Unfortunately, we have received 127 applications for this vacancy and we are on this occasion unable to give individual feedback to candidates.

We are very appreciative of your interest in the position and the University of Worcester and thank you for the time and consideration that you have invested in the process.

For your information, we have not taken up references from candidates who are not being invited to interview.

Yours sincerely

Gill Slater
Director of Personnel

FREE POSTER

2011-02-09T05:02:00.000-08:00

- NO LONGER AVAILABLE -

FREE poster available now. The poster is A1 size, printed in full colour on both sides and includes texts by Michele Robecchi and Franko B. It marks Franko B's forthcoming solo exhibition at the Nunnery Gallery in London.

If you would like to receive one, please send your name and address to: fb_poster@yahoo.co.uk.

I STILL LOVE - an exhibition of recent visual art work by Franko B.

The Nunnery Gallery, 181 Bow Road, London E3 2SJ.

nunnery@bowarts.com

6th May - 5th June 2011

Franko B is supported by Bow Arts Trust.

I STILL LOVE - monograph

2011-01-21T05:13:00.000-08:00

Franko B - I STILL LOVE - monograph

Available to buy now - £35.00

This monograph features the latest body of work by the artists Franko B and coincides with a major exhibition at the Pavilion of Contemporary Arts in Milan.

"The exhibition of Franko B poses questions, challenges the liberty and judgement of everyone and interrogates the observer on the sense and value of the human body"
Letizia Moritti, Mayor of Milan

Contributors: Francesca Alfano Miglietti (Fam), Michele Robecchi, Fabio Novembre. Languages: Italian/English

24 ORE Cultura, 2010, 168 pages, colour images throughout, 29.9cm x 26.6cm.

ISBN 978-0262012553

NEW WORK

2011-01-20T07:52:00.000-08:00

Cotton stitched onto unprimed canvas. 150 x 150 cm [front / back]

FRANKO B - feature

2011-01-19T12:37:00.000-08:00

Article by Alessandro Turci in Dash magazine - December 2010. Read it online here (page 164-181), or download the .pdf version here.

ACHTUNG! ACHTUNG!

2011-01-19T04:14:00.000-08:00

Group Exhibition at Ex Gil - Rome, largo Ascianghi 5, Italy

13 - 27 January 2011

curated by:Micol Di Veroli, Barbara Collevecchio

http://www.artelabonline.com/articoli/view_article.php?id=5221

http://www.glocalproject.com/it/2010/11/achtung-achtung/#more-128

Adalberto Abbate_Andrea Aquilanti_BoazArad_Franko B._Zaelia Bishop_Aldo Carpi_Stefania Fabrizi_Gianmarco Montesano_Andrei Molodkin_Emanuele Napolitano_Davide Orlandi Dormino_Max Papeschi_Marina Paris_Donato Piccolo_Michelangelo Pistoletto_Pietro Ruffo_Fernanda Veron_Daniele Jost_Davide Sebastian_Edoardo Aruta

NEW WORK

2011-01-09T15:03:00.000-08:00

Thomas - tryptich. Cotton stitched onto unprimed canvas - each 150 x 150 cm.

NEW WORK

2011-01-09T11:07:00.000-08:00

Cotton stitched onto unprimed canvas - each 150 x 150 cm.

ARTS POLITICS SEX

2010-12-31T12:46:00.000-08:00

The next salon will take place on Tuesday 8th March 2011, from 6:30 pm at Franko B's studio - studio 7, P 1 studio's block C15,Taylor Place, Payne road, London, E3 2SP.
[more details here]
All welcome. You can bring some food and drink.
ARTS POLITICS SEX is presented in association with Bow Arts Trust.

Suzanne Moore article in the Guardian:

2010-12-19T12:02:00.001-08:00

Anarchy rules! But it's about a lot more than just lobbing things at police
(18th December 2010)

I STILL LOVE - documentary [english subtitles]

2010-12-14T13:47:00.000-08:00

Franko B - I STILL LOVE - solo show at PAC, Milan. 9th October - 28th November 2010.

Video by Federico Ambrosi and Vinicio Bordin, sound by Antonello Reggi.

FRANKO B - RaiTunes

2010-12-13T10:01:00.000-08:00

Franko B ha realizzato la Playlist Artistica di RaiTunes
RaiTunes con Alessio Bertallot - dal lunedì al venerdì - alle 22:30

FRANKO B - interview

2010-12-10T13:29:00.000-08:00

Interview with Jacopo Caggiano for Artitude - 09/12/2010

*il tratto principale del mio carattere... / *The main feature of my character ...
Impulsivo / impulsive

*la qualità che desidero in un uomo... / *The quality I want in a man ...
Un cuore grande / A Mighty Heart

*le qualità che preferisco in una donna... / * The qualities that I prefer in a woman ...
Un cuore grande / A Mighty Heart

*quel che apprezzo di più nei miei amici... / * That I appreciate most in my friends ...
La generosità / Generosity

*il mio principale difetto... / * My main fault ...

*la mia occupazione preferita... / * My favorite occupation ...
Essere me / Being me

*il mio sogno di felicità... / * My dream of happiness ...

*quale sarebbe per me la più grande disgrazia... / * What would be the greatest misfortune for me ...
Non ci voglio pensare / We do not want to think about it

*quel che vorrei essere... / * What I want to be ...
Mi va bene così / I'm happy with how I am

*il paese dove vorrei vivere... / A place where I'd like to live
Los Angeles / Los Angeles

*il colore che preferisco... / * My favorite colour ...
Il nero / Black

*l'uccello che preferisco... / * My favourite bird ...
Petti rosso / Robin

*i miei autori preferiti in prosa.. / * My favorite authors in prose ..
Samuel Beckett / Samuel Beckett

*i miei poeti preferiti... / * My favorite poets ...
Patty Smith / Patti Smith

*i miei eroi nella finzione... / * My heroes in fiction ...
Non ho eroi neanche nella finzione / I did not have heroes in fiction

*il mio gruppo musicale preferito / * My favorite band
Patty Smith / Patti Smith

*il mio regista preferito / My favorite director
Andrej Tarkovsky / Andrei Tarkovsky

*il mio film preferito / My favorite movie
Mirror di Andrej Tarkovsky / Mirror of Andrei Tarkovsky

*i miei pittori preferiti.. / * My favorite painters ..
Mark Rothko / Mark Rothko

*i miei eroi nella vita reale... / * My heroes in real life ...
Non ho eroi / I have no heroes

*le mie eroine nella storia... / * My heroines in history ...
Non ho eroine / I have no heroines

*i miei nomi preferiti... / * My favorite names ...
Tom e Marco / Tom and Marcus

*quel che detesto più di tutto... / * What I hate most of all ...
La mediocrazia / Mediocracy

*l'impresa militare che ammiro di più...& la riforma che apprezzo di più.... / * The military enterprise I admire most ... the reform & I like best ....
Non ammiro i militari. L’ aborto. / I do not admire the military. Abortion legislation.

*il dono di natura che vorrei avere.. / * The gift of nature that I have ..
Di non avere paura / Not to be afraid

*come vorrei morire... / * How I would like to die ...
Nel sonno / In sleep

*stato attuale del mio animo.. / * Current state of my mind ..
Tiepido / Warm

*le colpe che mi ispirano maggior indulgenza.. / * The sins in which you indulge yourself..
Non credo nei peccati / I do not believe in sin

*il mio motto... / * My motto ...
Eat, shit, fuck, die. / Eat, shit, fuck, die.

I STILL LOVE - exhibition in London - May 2011

2010-12-07T13:55:00.000-08:00

I STILL LOVE - an exhibition of recent visual art work by Franko B.

The Nunnery Gallery, 181 Bow Road, London E3 2SJ.

nunnery@bowarts.com

6th May - 5th June 2011

Franko B is supported by Bow Arts Trust.

FRANKO B - horoscope

2010-11-21T09:51:00.000-08:00

From D magazine (La Repubblica), 20th November 2010

I STILL LOVE - conference

2010-11-18T16:25:00.000-08:00

November 19th, 1830

What’s the meaning of Body Art/Actions/Happening? What do performances and tattoos, Marina Abramović and Franko B, pain and sexuality taboo have in common?
On the occasion of the Franko B I Still Love exhibition, a special meeting with contemporary art critic Lea Vergine—pioneer of Body Art during the ‘70s—and theorist Francesca Alfano Miglietti is set up to debate with the public on ‘the body’.
Two of the most authoritative voices will explain the relationship between art and body in our society that every day sees true mutations through love practices, fights, rituals, incisions, penetrations and actions.

Franko B - I STILL LOVE - PAC Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milan.

I STILL LOVE - more photos

2010-11-12T12:03:00.000-08:00

Photographs by Pasquale Formisano

Exhibition design by Fabio Novembre.

I STILL LOVE, Franko B at PAC, Milan.

9th October - 28th November 2010

I STILL LOVE - press article (with correction)

2010-11-10T05:58:00.000-08:00

Franko B is NOT represented by Galleria Pack, Milan. Please do not contact this gallery for enquiries about Franko B or his work.

I STILL LOVE - Franko B at PAC Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milan. 9th October - 28th November 2010

FRANKO B - interview

2010-11-09T04:22:00.002-08:00

L’ultima cosa che fa prima di dormire ? Do un bacio a mio marito .
Il suo rapporto con le droghe , o l’alcol ? Sono sposato , ne faccio
uso come diversivo .
Cosa le piace di più nel corpo di una donna ? Il sedere .
Cosa mangia a pranzo la domenica ? Piatti estremamente variabili .
Cosa la tiene sveglia la notte ? Mio marito , sempre lui .
Beauty : mai senza .... I tatuaggi .
Quanto conta il sesso nella vita ? Molto , ma dipende anche da dove
sei . E da quanto costa .
Fa sport ? Si , sport acquatici , quando capita .
Si reincarna in donna , la prima cosa che vorrebbe sperimentare ?
Gli uomini .
ى mai andato da uno psicanalista ? S … .
Cosa c’è sempre nel suo frigo ? il pollo . Per i cani .
Come si rilassa ? Con il valium .
Il senso più importante ? La vista .
Cosa non indosserebbe mai ? Preferisco non dire “mai” .
Se non facesse male , con cosa si consolerebbe ? Se mi fa bene , va
bene tutto .

FRANKO B , 50 anni , artista milanese . Fino al 28/11 al Pac di Milano c’è la
sua mostra “I Still Love” , curata da Francesca Alfano Miglietti . Vive a
Londra , dove si è affermato con progetti radicali . Le sue opere sono
anche alla Tate Modern , al Victoria and Albert Museum , al Modern Art
Museum di Tel Aviv . (on "D" di Repubblica)

FRANKO B IS NOT REPRESENTED BY GALLERIA PACK, MILAN

2010-11-06T05:23:00.000-07:00

Contrary to recent press articles, Franko B is not represented by Galleria Pack in any way, anywhere in the world.

ARTS POLITICS SEX - photos

2010-10-27T05:17:00.000-07:00

ARTS POLITICS SEX, 26th October 2010. Thanks to everyone who came.

I STILL LOVE - photos

2010-10-25T08:04:00.000-07:00

Franko B - I STILL LOVE at PAC Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milan. 9th October - 28th November 2010.

Photos by Federico Ambrosi

ARTS POLITICS SEX

2010-10-23T11:39:00.000-07:00

- REMINDER -

ARTS POLITICS SEX - The third salon in this series (in association with Bow Arts Trust) will take place on Tuesday 26th October 2010, 6:30-10:30 pm in Franko B's studio (Studio 7, P1 studios block C15, Taylor Place, Payne road, London E1 2SP[map]).
[more information here]
All welcome. You can bring some food and drink.

I STILL LOVE - documentary

2010-10-23T10:56:00.000-07:00

Franko B - I STILL LOVE - solo show at PAC, Milan. 9th October - 28th November 2010.

Video by Federico Ambrosi and Vinicio Bordin, sound by Antonello Reggi.

I STILL LOVE - radio interview

2010-10-22T07:17:00.000-07:00

Interview with Francesca Alfano Miglietti on Radio Capital (Italy) about Franko B's solo exhibition, I STILL LOVE at PAC Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milan - 9th October - 28th November 2010.

I'M THINKING OF YOU - photos

2010-10-18T14:19:00.000-07:00

I'M THINKING OF YOU [durational version] - performance at The Nunnery, 16th October 2010 - part of Visions in the Nunnery, presented by Bow Arts Trust.

Photos by Thomas Qualmann.

I STILL LOVE - installation

2010-10-13T15:48:00.000-07:00

I STILL LOVE

BLACK + BLOOD

2010-10-13T03:52:00.001-07:00

Galleria Pack, Milan presents Franko B, BLACK + BLOOD - a show of objects and paintings from their archive, dating from the late 1990s to 2005.

14th October - 13th November 2010.

Foro Buonaparte, 60, 20121, Milan, Italy.

!!! FRANKO B IS NOT REPRESENTED BY GALLERIA PACK IN ANY WAY, ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD !!!

I'M THINKING OF YOU

2010-10-12T15:09:00.000-07:00

I'M THINKING OF YOU [durational version]

Performance by Franko B - Saturday 16th October 2010, 6:30 - 10:30 pm

- The Nunnery, 181 Bow Road, London E3 2SJ.

Part of Move Me at Visions in the Nunnery, presented by Bow Arts Trust.

LOVE IN TIMES OF PAIN - video

2010-10-12T14:59:00.000-07:00

World Premiere of LOVE IN TIMES OF PAIN - performance by Franko B at the opening of his solo show, I STILL LOVE at PAC Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milan (9th October - 28th November 2010).

Video by Federico Ambrosi and Vinicio Bordin, sound by Antonello Reggi.

I STILL LOVE - press clippings

2010-10-11T11:29:00.000-07:00

03/10/2010 - Il Manifesto

06/10/2010 - Vivi Milano

08/10/2010 - La Repubblica

Corriere della Sera

08/10/2010 - Corriere della Sera

09/10/2010 - Corriere della Sera

Il Sole 24 Ore

Il Giorno Milano - Metropoli

09/10/2010 - La Repubblica
Il Manifesto

10/10/2010 - La Repubblica
Libero Milano

10/10/2010 - Corriere Della Sera

Arte In

I STILL LOVE - interview and reviews

2010-10-10T09:38:00.000-07:00

Some articles about I STILL LOVE and LOVE IN TIMES OF PAIN:

Quant’é romantico Franko B. - leiweb.it [italian]

Franko B: “I still love” – Performance e mostra al Pac - katep.it [italian]

Franko B interview - Il Manifesto [italian], 10th October 2010

I STILL LOVE - interview

2010-10-10T07:07:00.000-07:00

Interview with Francesca Alfano Miglietti - curator of Franko B's solo show, I STILL LOVE at PAC, Milan (9th October - 28th November 2010).

HONORARY DEGREE

2010-10-10T04:57:00.000-07:00

Franko B was awarded an honorary Masters degree during the press conference for his solo show, I STILL LOVE at PAC Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milan (9th October - 28th November 2010) -

[English translation from daringtodo.com]:

During the press conference, the director of 'Accademia delle Belle Arti di Brera, Gastone Mariani, presented Franko B honorary diploma of the second level in Communication and Art Education, conferred, as shown in the reasons , "to the poetry of the sense of this so absolute in all his works. Franko B produce a new vision of art showing an unprecedented view of the world, and chaos is transformed into a strict performative presence, helping to destroy too optimistic to imagine a world order of appearance. Franko B is the metaphor for the place of beauty, and leaves traces of his blood on the white cloth used in the performance … Art, like choice and point of view, the art direction look like, the ability to make art as the invisible visible. Art as the design of new worlds. AFranko B, the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera recognizes the special uniqueness, typical of each author, made aware of. "

I STILL LOVE - TV interview

2010-10-08T13:21:00.001-07:00

I STILL LOVE - press

2010-10-08T09:55:00.001-07:00

Some preview articles and interviews for Franko B's solo show, I STILL LOVE at PAC Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milan (opening 9th October):

SCANDALOSO, TENERISSIMO FRANKO B "L´AMORE MI HA SALVATO DALLA FOLLIA - La Repubblica [italian]

Lo zoo doloroso di Franko B - Corriere della Sera.it [italian]

FRANKO B. I STILL LOVE - Lobodilattice [italian]
L'amore ai tempi di Franko B - Artitude [italian]

FRANKO B - I Still Love - ticket.it [italian]
Franko B, l'arte con gli uccelli imbalsamati - La Repubblica Milano [italian]

Franko B, al Pac il re della Body art più trasgressiva - Affaritaliani.it [italian]

Trauma oculaire: Franko B - Sinistre Blogzine [Italian]

Il corpo racconta. In bianco, rosso e nero - Corriere della Sera.it [italian]

I controlli sui contenuti e 4 tele tagliate - Corriere della Sera.it [italian]

I STILL LOVE - press preview

2010-10-08T08:59:00.000-07:00

October 7th 2010

Photos by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images Europe [more]

[above: Fabio Novembre, Franko B, Francesca Alfano Miglietti]

I STILL LOVE - Franko B. 9th October-28th November 2010, PAC Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy.

I STILL LOVE - catalogue

2010-10-02T10:41:00.000-07:00

A new 170+ page catalogue will be published by 24 Ore Cultura, to accompany Franko B's solo show, I STILL LOVE at PAC Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy - 9th October - 28th November 2010.

The catalogue includes new texts by Francesca Alfano Miglietti, Michele Robecchi, Fabio Novembre and Franko B, and quotes from Marina Abramovic, Tehching Hsieh, Zhang Huan, Lois Keidan and Thomas Qualmann. It will be available to buy from the opening of the exhibition - 9th October 2010.

Below are some sample pages from the catalogue.

Franko B is not currently bound by any exclusivity agreements anywhere in the world. If you have queries about any aspect of his work, please contact frankob2000@yahoo.co.uk.

PLUS ART

2010-09-30T04:37:00.000-07:00

Neon & Signmakers present Plus Art
60 + Artists
100 + Hours

Address: 1st Floor, Britannia House, 68-80 Hanbury Street, London E1 5JL

Early viewing: Wednesday 13th October by appointment
Public opening times: Thursday 14th October – Sunday 17th October 2010
When: 24 hours a day
Party: Friday 15th October – 6pm - midnight

Plus Art

To coincide with the Frieze art fair in Regent’s Park, the third incarnation of Plus Art will be held in a 5000 square foot warehouse just off Brick Lane and – fittingly - underneath Atlantis, the biggest art materials suppliers in Europe.

Curated and produced by neonist Kerry Ryan and artist Declan McMullan, the temporary gallery will exhibit original works by Tracey Emin, Gavin Turk, Douglas Gordon, Mat Collishaw, Polly Morgan, Sarah Lucas, Franko B, Joseph Kosuth, Anselm Keifer, Melville Mitchell, Damien Hirst and many more.

Maintaining Plus Art’s open-all-hours principle of the previous two years, the gallery’s doors will not be shut throughout the day and night. That means one hundred hours of painting, sculpture, video and installation made by more than sixty artists.

Social lubrication will be provided by live bands and a bar.

For more information and images, contact
Kerry Ryan
07930 111181

laurakj@btinternet.com
www.plusartprojects.com
To find us, follow this link

Notes for Editors:

East End neonist Kerry Ryan has been working as a fabricator for London’s contemporary art world for 25 years. His list of clients includes Anselm Keifer, Franko B, Mustafa Hulusi, Mark Titchener and Mat Collishaw. He has been Tracey Emin’s personal neon-maker for 16 years.
Kerry ran Neon Gallery in Spitalfields from 2000-2006 and opened a new shop and gallery on Cambridge Heath Road in Bethnal Green.

Declan McMullan is an artist and independent curator based in London. As an artist, Declan has exhibited widely across Europe and has also curated numerous exhibitions in London. As a technician and fabricator, Declan works closely with artists and has worked with the majority of established museums and galleries in London.

Plus Art is the third in a series of collaborative events and exhibitions.

ME YOU NOTHING - feedback

2010-09-25T11:52:00.001-07:00

Some of the feedback cards received from ME YOU NOTHING - performance at Battersea Art Centre, 6th-18th July 2010. [click to view]

I'M THINKING OF YOU

2010-09-25T08:00:00.000-07:00

I'M THINKING OF YOU [durational version]

- performance at the Nunnery Gallery, 183 Bow Road, London, E3 2SJ.

Saturday 16th October 2010, 6:30 - 10:30 pm.

Part of 'Visions at the Nunnery', presented by Bow Arts Trust.

Free admission, no booking necessary.

I STILL LOVE

2010-09-24T11:22:00.000-07:00

I STILL LOVE

Solo show, curated by Francesca Alfano Miglietti

EXTENDED - new dates: 9th October - 28th November 2010

WORLD PREMIERE opening night performance, LOVE IN TIMES OF PAIN, 9th October.

PAC Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea

Via Palestro, 14 - 20121, Milan - Italy

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

2010-09-20T08:14:00.001-07:00

Dear friends,

I'm looking for 8-10 volunteers to be in my performance, I'M THINKING OF YOU, on saturday 16th October 2010, 4:00-10:30 pm. The performance will take place at the Nunnery Gallery (Bow, London), as part of the 'Visions' event presented by Bow Arts Trust.

If you are interested, please email frankob2000@yahoo.co.uk

All participants will have to be naked in the performance.

ARTS POLITICS SEX

2010-09-17T07:24:00.000-07:00

ARTS POLITICS SEX - The third salon in this series (in association with Bow Arts Trust) will take place on Tuesday 26th October 2010, 6:30-10:30 pm in Franko B's studio (Studio 7, P1 studios block C15, Taylor Place, Payne road, London E1 2SP [map]).
[more information here]
All welcome. You can bring some food and drink.

ARTS POLITICS SEX - photos

2010-09-17T05:12:00.001-07:00

Photos from ARTS POLITICS SEX - salon at Franko B's studio, 7th September 2010.
Thanks to everyone who came.

(photos by Robert Crosse)

(photos by Fintan Friel)

I STILL LOVE

2010-08-10T09:57:00.001-07:00

Franko B
I STILL LOVE

Solo show, curated by Francesca Alfano Miglietti

October 9th - November 10th, 2010

PAC Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea

Via Palestro, 14 - 20121, Milan - Italy

ARTS POLITICS SEX

2010-07-30T00:13:00.001-07:00

The second salon in this series (in association with Bow Arts Trust) will take place on tuesday 7th September 2010, from 6. 30 pm to 10.30 pm at studio number 7, P 1 studio's block C15,Taylor Place, Payne road, London, E3 2SP.

Thank you to everybody who came last time.

ARTS POLITICS SEX

This salon is a vehicle, a platform - it is an instrument for engaging with others - socially, politically and creatively. It is aimed at those who feel that, in these times and within the society we live, it is important to respond to the urgent need to meet and interact with others; for those who feel that it is important not to close ourselves off in little discrete communities, but to reach out for more rather than just 'surviving' our everyday existence. We need to support and be supported by others on many levels, in a climate and culture that seems, more and more, to foster and maintain the opposite.

Art, Politics and Sex is a framework for those who feel this need.

People are invited to come along and engage on any level that they feel comfortable with (provided they are respectful to others) – whether presenting their own work, engaging with discussion, or just being present.
Please bring what is important to you, your work .

This salon was first initiated and organized by Franko B in 2003. Previous meetings have taken place at the Horse Hospital in London, The Live Art Development Agency, The National Review of Live Art, Glasgow, The Old Operating Theatre, Toynbee Studios, London, as well as at cafes and other venues in London, and across Europe.

Ps , you can bring some snack's and drinks .

personale al PAC di Milano ottobre / novembre 2010

2010-07-28T11:18:00.001-07:00

FRANKO B
Galleria Pack è estremamente lieta di annunciare che l'artista avrà la sua prima mostra personale all'interno di una istituzione italiana. Il PAC - Padiglione di Arte Contemporanea di Milano dedicherà a Franko B una mostra sulla produzione degli ultimi 15 anni di lavoro in occasione della Giornata del Contemporaneo a cura di Francesca Alfano Miglietti.
dal 10 / 10 / 2010 al 16 / 11 / 2010.
vernisage ed performance sara' il 9 / 10 / 2010

ME, YOU, NOTHING

2010-06-30T09:08:00.000-07:00

ME, YOU, NOTHING - New performance by Franko B.

6th - 18th July 2010, daily.

Part of One-On-One Festival at Battersea Art Centre,

Lavender Hill,

Battersea,

London.

SW11 5TN

CAN YOU HEAR IT ?

2010-06-09T01:57:00.001-07:00

CAN YOU HEAR IT - Group exhibition, curated by Franko B, at the Nunnery Gallery. Private view 25th June, exhibition continues until 26th June, Friday-Sunday 1300-1700.

181-183 Bow Road, London, E3 2SJ.