LE CORPS, ARME ARTISTIQUE DE FRANKO B - Tracks ARTE

Feature on Franko B for TRACKS - Arte, October 2015



Watch it on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXd9npIj1yQ

Performer déluré au grand coeur, Franko B, met son corps en jeu pour critiquer la faiblesse de la condition humaine et la banalisation du sexe.

FRANKO B - Feature

Franko B: PERSONAL, POLITICAL, POETIC
Feature by Elea Himmelsbach for Artvoices Magazine (Winter 2016)
www.artvoicesmagazine.com




FRANKO B SPECIAL OPEN STUDIO EVENT - updates

FRANKO B SPECIAL OPEN STUDIO EVENT

28th November 2015, 11:00am - 6:00pm.
Toynbee Studios, 28 Commercial Street, London E1 6AB.
https://www.facebook.com/events/697589977009043/
enquiries@franko-b.com

Special sale of stitched works on paper by Franko B, many of which were previously shown at his exhibition, Woof Woof I'm Back at the Mayor's Parlour Gallery in London earlier this year. This is a unique opportunity to buy works directly from the artist at a special price. The event is to support the realization and production of 'sleeping beauty' - a new installation / sculputural work inspired by the war in Syria and Iraq by Franko B.

UPDATE:
A series of exclusive individual T-shirts made by Jamie McLeod in collaboration with Franko B will be on sale for £25 each. Each one is screen printed by hand. They will initially be available to buy at this event only, though any unsold T-shirts will become available to buy online after the event.




UPDATE 2:
Franko B has produced a special series of stitched drawings on paper for this event. Each one is 19 x 19 cm (framed). Prices start at £90.

MILK & BLOOD - review

I Have Language on my Side - Franko B Milk & Blood >
Review by Miriam La Rosa for Curating the Contemporary, October 2015
“I have language on my side” is one of the recurring sentences, – to my ears, the loudest of the words – that Franko B repeats during his last performance Milk & Blood. […>] 
http://curatingthecontemporary.org/2015/10/16/i-have-language-on-my-side-franko-b-milk-blood/


On Wednesday 21st of October Franko will perform Milk & Blood at Norwich Arts Centre. [tickets >]

www.franko-b.com/milk_and_blood.html



FRANKO B SPECIAL OPEN STUDIO EVENT




FRANKO B SPECIAL OPEN STUDIO EVENT

28th November 2015, 11:00am - 6:00pm.
Toynbee Studios, 28 Commercial Street, London E1 6AB.

Special sale of stitched works on paper by Franko B, many of which were previously shown at his exhibition, Woof Woof I'm Back at the Mayor's Parlour Gallery in London earlier this year.

This is a unique opportunity to buy works directly from the artist at a special price. The event is to support the realization and production of 'sleeping beauty' - a new installation / sculputural work inspired by the war in Syria and Iraq by Franko B.

 Prices start at £300. No credit or debit card payments - cash or cheque only.

 One Day Only!

for enquiries and to confirm attendance, contact frankobartist@yahoo.co.uk




DITTICO






DITTICO - Franko B & Michele Carbonari

Exhibition at Piu Bello Quality Store, via Sandro Pertini, Montegranaro, Italy

9th October 2015 - January 2016
Opens 9th October 2015, 1830.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1485421165086093/



MILK & BLOOD - full length video



Video by Stefano Teodori of Franko B's performance, MILK & BLOOD at Toynbee Studios, (London), 29th July 2015. Duration: 43:09.

www.franko-b.com/milk_and_blood


MILK & BLOOD - performance in Norwich


Franko B will perform MILK & BLOOD at Norwich Arts Centre (UK)
Wednesday 21st October 2015, 8:00 PM
Book tickets >

Internationally recognised as a leading performance artist, Franko B uses his body as a democratic tool to explore notions of the personal, political and poetic, resistance and the transcendence of suffering. 

Milk & Blood appropriates the aesthetics of boxing for twelve two minute rounds of mental and physical endurance. Exploring pain, eroticism, revulsion, ecstasy and masculinity, the performance becomes a metaphor for social struggle and the fragility of human existence.

For more information about the performance, visit www.franko-b.com/milk_and_blood.html



MILK & BLOOD - photos

Photographs by James Bullimore of Franko B's performance, MILK & BLOOD at Toynbee Studios, London, 29th July 2015

MILK & BLOOD - photos

Photographs by Hugo Glendinning of Franko B's performance, MILK & BLOOD at a/political, London. 9th July 2015.


www.franko-b.com/milk_and_blood.html

DIPINGERE IL PRESENTE


DIPINGERE IL PRESENTE
Painting the Present

13 Italian artists / 13 Chinese artists

Curated by Alessandro Demma and Fang Zhenning

6th September - 11th October 2015
Opening 5th September, 19:00

Capri, Certosa di San Giacomo
Via Certosa 1

Andrea Aquilanti, Franko B, Magdolo Mussio, Alberto di Fabio, Massimiliano Galliani, Paolo Gonzato, Corinna Gosmaro, Silvia Hell, Mariangela Levita, Marco Neri, Pierluigi Pusole, Alessandro Sarra, Giancarlo Scagnolari

Cang Xing, Chen Haoyang, Chen Wenling, He Wenjue, Huang Ying, Li Di, Li Lei, Liu, Jianfeng, Meng Luding, Tao Na & Cong Xiao, Zhang Yanzi, Zhang Zhaohui, Zhou Yanming

NEW WORK

New and recent neon works.
Various sizes.
© Franko b 2015

www.franko-b.com/Neon.html