Home is pleased to be exhibiting work by Heath Franco in our ‘The Portrait’ exhibition opening on Wednesday the 28th of August.

Franco’s practice is primarily concerned with video, although the process of production and exhibition also incorporates photography, performance, costume, sound, digital media, sculpture and installation. He creates screen-based installation works that are structured with respect to flow and rhythm rather than plot narrative and that in turn attract and repulse through a mix of hyper aesthetic, catchy jingles and absurd, at times grotesque, performances. Repetition is a consistent feature of works produced in recent years, along with a psychotropic sensibility and the artist’s presence as sole performer within the works.

Conceptually, Franco’s practice is informed by explorations into Western popular culture, domesticity and notions of ‘home’, the chaos of existence, and contemplation on the nature, the artificial and possibilities of alternate, hidden realities.

Pictured is a video still from PORTRAIT, 2010-15, HD video. Image courtesy of the artist.