‘Love in times of pain’ was a Franko B exhibition that presented a series of objects, all black in colour, that evoked themes of life and its vanities, death, pain and eroticism.  The exhibition displayed a haunting set of found objects and stuffed animals pasted over in dense black acrylic, tar-like paint: birds, a squirrel, a turtle, the head of a deer, mounted on trolleys, tables and other furniture coated in the same shade.

The animals standing high on their ‘pedestals’ became monumental, as though these rescued creatures were granted a new identity. Standing high and facing the viewer, they represented life itself, and the layers of thick, impenetrable black paint, this absolute monochrome which usually evokes death,  served as a reminder of a previous sore existence.

We were also delighted to present a selection of Franko B Black Paintings in this exhibition.