James Franco
Untitled, 2012
Blanket - Inkjet print on polycotton
192x136cm (75,59x53,54 inches)
James Franco
Untitled, 2012
Blanket - Inkjet print on polycotton
172x136cm (67,71x53,54 inches)
James Franco
Untitled, 2012
Blanket - Inkjet print on polycotton
192x136cm (75,59x53,54 inches)
James Franco
Untitled, 2012
Blanket - Inkjet print on polycotton
192x136cm (75,59x53,54 inches)
James Franco
Untitled, 2012
Blanket - Inkjet print on polycotton
172x136cm (67,71x53,54 inches)
James Franco
Untitled, 2012
Blanket - Inkjet print on polycotton
172x136cm (67,71 x 53,54 inches)
James Franco
Untitled, 2012
Blanket - Inkjet print on polycotton
192x136cm (75,59 x 53,54 inches)
James Franco
Elvis Roma, 2012
Painting - oil and mixed media on canvas
150 x 100 cm (59.06 x 39.37 inches)
James Franco
Gay Town, 2012
Painting - oil and mixed media on canvas
150 x 100 cm (59.06 x 39.37 inches)
James Franco
White Snow, 2012
Painting - oil and mixed media on canvas
100 x 100 cm (39.37 x 39.37 inches)
James Franco
High School 2, 2011
Painting - oil on canvas
76 x 60.8 cm (29.92 x 23.94 inches)
James Franco
High School 7, 2011
Painting - oil on canvas
178.5 x 219 cm (70.28 x 86.22 inches)
James Franco
High School 9, 2011
Painting - oil on canvas
127 x 173 cm (50 x 68.11 inches)
James Franco
High School 1, 2011
Painting - oil on canvas
76 x 60.8 cm (29.92 x 23.94 inches)
James Franco
Oz 1, 2012
Painting - Oil on canvas
122 x 91.5 cm (48.03 x 36.02 inches)
James Franco
Oz 2, 2012
Painting - Oil on canvas
122 x 91.5 cm (48.03 x 36.02 inches)
James Franco
Oz 4, 2012
Painting - oil on canvas
122 x 91.5 cm (48.03 x 36.02 inches)
James Franco
Oz 6, 2012
Painting - oil on canvas
122 x 91.5 cm (48.03 x 36.02 inches)
James Franco
Colored Spiderman 14, 2012
Painting - oil on canvas
75.5 x 61 cm (29.72 x 24.02 inches)
James Franco
Fuck Spiderman 4, 2012
Painting - oil on canvas
101.6 x 76.3 cm (40 x 30.04 inches)
James Franco
Fuck Spiderman 1, 2012
Painting - oil on canvas
101.5 x 76 cm (39.96 x 29.92 inches)
James Franco
Gucci Leather 13, 2012
Painting - oil and mixed media on canvas
122 x 91.5 cm (48.03 x 36.02 inches)
James Franco
Gucci 1, 2012
Painting - oil on canvas
101 x 76 cm (39.76 x 29.92 inches)
James Franco
Untitled (pot leaf, roman holiday), 2012
Painting - Acrylic on canvas
90 x 60 cm (35.43 x 23.62 inches)
James Franco
Untitled (pot leaf, roman holiday), 2012
Painting - Acrylic on canvas
90 x 60 cm (35.43 x 23.62 inches)
James Franco
Cow Painting 2, 2012
Painting - oil on canvas
61 x 51 cm (24.02 x 20.08 inches)
James Franco
Cow Painting 4, 2012
Painting - oil on canvas
101.5 x 76 cm (39.96 x 29.92 inches)
James Franco
Cow Painting 7, 2012
Painting - oil on canvas
61 x 45.1 cm (24.02 x 17.76 inches)
James Franco
Spring Break 3, 2012
Painting - oil on canvas
101.5 x 76 cm (39.96 x 29.92 inches)
James Franco
Movie Painting 3, 2012
Painting - oil on canvas
101 x 127.5 cm (39.76 x 50.2 inches)
James FRANCO
GAY TOWN
Please note the special location for this exhibition:
Peres Projects temporary space: Karl-Marx-Allee 87, Berlin
February 9th – March 9th, 2013
Opening February 9th, 7.30 – 9.30pm
Peres Projects is pleased to present GAY TOWN, a solo project with James Franco. Please note this exhibition will be presented in a temporary project space on the historic Karl- Marx-Allee 87 prior to Peres Projects’ move to its new main space at Karl-Marx-Allee 82.
GAY TOWN explores a variety of themes that are central to Franco’s artistic practice, mainly issues related to adolescence, public and private persona, stereotypes and other societal concerns such as society’s preoccupation with celebrity. Franco created most of the works for GAY TOWN over the past two years, making many of the works in hotel rooms, makeshift studios and other temporary locations whilst completing other projects, mainly motion pictures. Franco makes reference to several of his motion picture work and related projects in parts of the installations and other works on view in GAY TOWN.
James Franco works across media including painting, drawing, film, sculpture, installation and photography, electing the media that best fits the project rather than committing to a sole artistic practice. All of these practices will be presented in this exhibition in one of his most ambitious installations to date.
James Franco (b. 1978, Palo Alto, CA) is an acclaimed American actor, filmmaker, writer, and artist. This is his second solo show in Berlin with Peres Projects.
The exhibition and opening is free and open to the public. Opening hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 11am – 6pm and by appointment.
For press and media inquiries, please contact Helena Strängberg at Bureau N: helena.straengberg@bureau-n.de or +49 30 3087 4075.
For sales inquiries, please contact Javier Peres (javier@peresprojects.com), Margherita Belaief (margherita@peresprojects.com) or the gallery +49 30 275 950770.
SAVE THE DATE: On March 1st 2013 Peres Projects will open its new gallery space on Karl-Marx-Allee 82 with a solo exhibition by David Ostrowski entitled ‘I’m OK.’ Moments later, he was shot.