Hi, I’m Fank and I’m an artist... although it’s possible that I’m just an alter ego... or maybe the existence of Fank is itself a work of art? In any case, what I do arises spontaneously as a response to...
Read MoreHi, I’m Fank and I’m an artist... although it’s possible
that I’m just an alter ego... or maybe the existence of Fank is itself a work
of art? In any case, what I do arises spontaneously as a response to a period
of my life where I began to represent reality in a different way. My work is
cathartic, self-referential and reflects a need. However, due to the ambiguity
of the message, the viewer can interpret it in their own way.Some might say
that my art is “raw”, “disturbing” or “weird”.
To me, it’s just a rain of empathy and sensitivity poured onto the
canvas. This is why I studied and reinterpreted the style of one who made
empathy his strongest weapon but also his greatest weakness: Jean-Michel
Basquiat. Like Basquiat, Fank also prefers the use of poor materials, the use
of the word as a sign and the representation of archetypes and symbols to
convey an inner message. My influences come from a world I looked at innocently
as a child: comics, cartoons and pop culture. Once I grew up, this imagination
was tainted by a feeling of opposition to war, unbridled consumerism, and religious
fanaticism. These two worlds mingle to create a dystopian scenario of
society.This is who I am, what I do, and what I feel. the reason that pushes me
to create is to want to offer new food for thought and a new point of view, as dirty as it may seem.
