James Franco: Gay Town. Solo Exhibition at Peres Projects Berlin

Gay Town is American actor, filmmaker, writer and artist James Franco's second solo show in Berlin with the gallery Peres Projects. The exhibition that is presented in a temporary project space on the historic Karl-Marx-Allee 87 explores a variety of themes that are central to James Franco's artistic practice: adolescence, public and private persona, stereotypes, and celebrity. The artist created most of the works for the show over the past two years. He created many of the works in temporary locations such as hotel rooms whilst completing other projects, mainly motion pictures. In this video we attend the opening reception of the exhibition, and gallerist Javier Peres talks about how he and James Franco developed the idea for the exhibition and the basic concept of the show.

Peres Projects regards Gay Town as one of James Franco's most ambitious installations to date. For Gay Town, James Franco uses a mix of different media including painting, drawing, film, video, sculpture, and photography. The result is an exhibition that is very much autobiographical.

James Franco: Gay Town at Peres Projects Berlin, temporary projects space Karl-Marx-Allee 87. Opening, February 9th, 2013. Video by Frantisek Zachoval.

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[30Homegames]

Had the pleasure of being at Franco's opening in Berlin. Not this exhibition tough. I like how seriously Franco handles absurdity.

[freiheit0007]

...more than 2

[freiheit0007]

wow, 2 ashley benson pieces

[jack simmons]

i saw exhitbition about 3 weeks ago and it really spoke to me

[William Contreras Alfonso]

dude, he really blows

[joaobaguinho]

grbg