| Franko B | |
| Nationality | Itallian |
| Field | performance art, body art, painting, sculpture, video |
| Works | I Miss You, Oh Lover Boy, Still Life |
Franko B (born 1960) is an internationally acclaimed London-based performance artist who uses his own body in his art. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest This article is about Performance art For other uses see Performance (disambiguation Body art is Art made on with or consisting of the Human body The most common forms of body art are Tattoos and Body piercings but other Painting (pān'tīng in Art, is the practice of applying Color to a Surface (support base such as e Video is the technology of electronically capturing, Recording, processing storing transmitting and reconstructing a sequence of Still images This article is about Performance art For other uses see Performance (disambiguation He was born in Milan, Italy and has lived in London since 1979. Milan (Milano Milan (listen) is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest He studied fine art in London at Camberwell College of Arts (1986–7) and Chelsea College of Art (1987–90). Camberwell College of Arts (formerly known as Camberwell School of Art and Crafts) is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London and is one of The Chelsea College of Art and Design, the erstwhile Chelsea School of Art, is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London and one of the world's He works in a wide variety of media including video, photography, performance art, painting, installation, sculpture, music and mixed media. Video is the technology of electronically capturing, Recording, processing storing transmitting and reconstructing a sequence of Still images Photography (fә'tɒgrәfi or fә'tɑːgrәfi (from Greek φωτο and γραφία is the process and Art of recording pictures by means of capturing This article is about Performance art For other uses see Performance (disambiguation Painting (pān'tīng in Art, is the practice of applying Color to a Surface (support base such as e Installation art uses sculptural materials and other media to modify the way a particular space is experienced Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. Mixed media, in Visual art, refers to an artwork in the making of which more than one medium has been employed
His work focuses on the visceral. Franko uses his own blood as a medium. Blood is a specialized Bodily fluid that delivers necessary substances to the body's cells such as nutrients and oxygen—and transports Waste products He makes his body into a canvas in an attempt to portray "the pain, the love, the hate, the loss, the power and the fears of the human condition".
He performed at the ICA, London in 1996, the South London Gallery in 1999 and 2004, the Centre of Attention in 2000, Tate Modern in 2002, and the Ikon Gallery, Birmingham in 2005. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The Centre of Attention is a London -based contemporary art organisation set up in 1999 The Tate Modern in London is Britain 's national museum of international Modern art and is with Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool, The Ikon Gallery ( is an English gallery of Contemporary art, located in Brindleyplace, Birmingham. He has exhibited work internationally in Zagreb, Mexico City, Milan, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Copenhagen, Madrid, Vienna, Tate Liverpool, the Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Cork, and the prestigious Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena.
Franko B has lectured at a number of well-known art schools including St. Martins School of Art, New York University and the Courtauld Institute of Art. He has been the subject of three monographs, "Franko B" (Black Dog Publishing 1998), "Oh Lover Boy" (2001), and "Blinded by Love" (2006), and has published a photographic project entitled "Still Life" (2003).
Franko B has been the subject of numerous book chapters, articles, reviews and television programmes. In March 2008 British art magazine "Latest Art" profiled him in a major feature. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Art refers to a diverse range of Human activities creations and expressions that are appealing to the Senses or Emotions of a human individual
External links
- Artist's own website
- British Council profile
- Trieste exhibition archive with photo gallery
- Tate Modern performance, including video
- Come into my parlour, The Guardian, 25 May 2002, profile and review of Warwick Arts Centre performance
- Latest Art feature article
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