His solo art show opens on June 23rd in New York, and there is no doubt in my mind that it will be a brilliant assault to the senses.
The show, titled “The Dangerous Book Four Boys,” has a little bit of everything: there are sculptures, photographs, drawings, and video (including home videos of Franco as a child). Wall Street Journal got the chance to talk to Franco and the show’s curator, Alanna Heiss, about the show’s subject matter:
“The Dangerous Book Four Boys” addresses boyhood and the “sexual confusion” of adolescence, as Ms. Heiss put it. Short films focus on demolition, showing burning or bullet-riddled structures like a plastic toy home or a large wooden rocket (the exhibition contains originals or replicas of these). Another work explores a romantic encounter between “Star Trek” characters Spock and James T. Kirk.
And don’t for one second think that James Franco is just being a pretentious celebrity. He’s actually ridiculously well-educated, so he kind of knows what he’s doing. He’s a stoner/scholar/movie star/inspiration, and don’t you forget it.
There were rumors that he visited my campus when he was interviewing grad schools for his writing. I'm pretty glad he didn't pick us. Can you imagine having to read your crappy poetry to James Franco in workshop?!?! Frick!
James is doing whatever he wants to do with his time & his money.
And he's laughing all the way to the bank while doing it!
He's ridiculously handsome but I hate his choice of art! JMO.