LOVE IN TIMES OF PAIN - review


LOVE IN TIMES OF PAIN - solo show at Globe Gallery, Newcastle, 3rd April - 30th May 2009

"Since they tend to involve live, naked flesh, lone encounters and spilt blood, Franko B's performances are the thing he has become infamous for. Yet, still, he claims to be essentially a painter who occasionally works in performance. And, as we can see here, even his sculptural installations are imbued with a painter's aesthetic of visual fluidity. His paintings are nocturnal delineations of fine black outline on impenetrable black background. In a central installation here, titled Love In Times Of Pain, he uses the same black pigment to shroud in darkness a congregation of animal effigies (a squirrel, fox, turtle and birds) perched on darkened tables and pedestals. It's a 3am gathering of spooked nature - sad, pathetic and almost glorious."

- Robert Clark, The Guardian, Saturday 18 April 2009

VISIONS OF EXCESS - photos


Photos by Richard J Anderson
Photos by Mike Kear

VISIONS OF EXCESS was curated by Ron Athey and Lee Adams, featuring live performances from Franko B, Julie Tolentino, Bruce La Bruce, Kembra Pfahler, Suka Off, Kira O'Reilly, Dominic Johnson and Nicole Blackman plus video work by Genesis P Orridge, Peter Christopherson, SUPERM, Daniel Mckernan & Ritchie Rennt and Terence Koh

Easter Sunday 12th April 2009, 9pm - 9am
SHUNT Vaults, Joiner St. London

Presented as part of SPILL Festival of Performance

LONG LIVE ROMANCE - publicity

International workshop in Art and Performance, curated by Franko B, 29th April - 16th May 2009, Macerata, Marche, Italy.