Photograph by James Franco
CoSTUME NATIONAL opened its “NEW NO DARK WAVE” exhibition, featuring a film installation and photographs by James Franco, as well as work by Tobias Wong, Frédéric Beigbeder, Aaron Young and Daniel Firman.
Exterior View
The concept for the show is based on the perception/reality duality, inspired by designer Ennio Capasa’s dark, geometric Fall 2012 collection. The curator, Natacha Polaert, says in an Interview Magazine article that “It gave this almost parallel reality that was not what it appeared to beâ€.
Daniel Firman, Linda, 2012. Resin, clothes. Â 177 x 36 x 42 cm / 69 3/4 x 14-1/4 x 16-1/2 inches. Unique. Image courtesy of Galerie Perrotin, Hong Kong & Paris
James Franco, New Film Still #58, 2012.
Franco’s video work is an interpretation of what the 40 minutes of cut footage from the Al Pacino fim Cruising, might have contained. (The 1980 film was cut down just to obtain an R rating). The photographs stylistically recall Cindy Sherman’s work, with Franco as part of a narrative, dressed in drag.
Tobias Wong, Casper, 2003
Installation view
Photograph by James Franco
Installation View
Installation View
The exhibition is at 150 Greene Street, through October 10.
-F. Sanchez
