Franko B Reflects on Body Art and Loss in Artribune Podcast

Italian artist Franko B, known for extreme body art performances at Tate Modern, ICA, and South London Gallery, discusses his career shift and personal losses in an Artribune podcast monologue curated by Donatella Giordano. Since 2006, Franko B has abandoned blood-based performances, moving to drawings, installations, and sculptures that critique totalizing institutions while expressing a need for love. His work incorporates symbols from his personal experience and explicit references to homosexuality. He currently teaches sculpture at Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti di Torino and is an external lecturer at Royal College of Art in London. In the monologue, he expresses dismay over the deaths of two key figures: critic and curator Lea Vergine, known for pioneering studies on Body Art, and his partner Enzo Mari, an influential Italian design theorist who advocated for manufacturing over digital innovation. The podcast is part of Artribune's series 'Monologhi al Telefono' and is available on Spreaker.