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A multitude of James Dean lookalikes for a special performance at James Franco's Rebel exhibition at the MOCA last night in Los Angeles. Photograph by Adarsha Benjamin
James Franco's Rebel Opening This Weekend in Los Angeles
MOCA presents Rebel, conceived by James Franco with Douglas Gordon, Harmony Korine, Damon McCarthy, Paul McCarthy, Terry Richardson, Ed Ruscha, Aaron Young and more. Rebel will be on view from May 15 through June 23, 2012, at JF Chen, a newly emerging contemporary art and design space, located at 941 North Highland Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90038. Photograph by Adarsha Benjamin
[AUTRE TV] Beats Take the School
Beatniks take over a school in this collaboration by James Franco & Adarsha Benjamin. Shot in NYC.
Rebel on Certosa Island
As part of the Venice Biennale in Italy, James Franco's site–specific film installation, entitled Rebel, will open on the island of Certosa. Rebel is a collaboration with artists Douglas Gordon, Harmony Korine, Paul McCarthy, Ed Ruscha, Aaron Young that "unites the myth-making allure of cinema and contemporary art, and acts as interrogative ode to Hollywood iconography." Rebel will be on view on Certosa Island from September 4 to November 27. Photo by Adarsha Benjamin
Blow Up
Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles: A beautiful blow up doll, a prop from a secret movie project shot in Los Angeles.
SMOKIN HOT: AUTRE QUARTERLY
AUTRE QUARTERLY, issue one, cover shot of JAMES FRANCO by ADARSHA BENJAMIN – fashion editorials with CAVERN COLLECTION – interviews with KAWS and ARIEL PINK – art by ALIA PENNER, MINKA SICKLINGER, and JAMES GEORGOPOLOUS. Now available at COLETTE (Paris) VIOLA (London) STANDARD BOOKSTORE (Osaka) THE IMPOSSIBLE PROJECT SPACE (New York) INCU (Sydney) PARK LIFE (San Francisco). More to come....
[BEHIND THE SCENES] Adarsha Shoots James Franco
Adarsha Benjamin shoots James Franco for Autre Quarterly at the KDU–due out this July. Photography by David Gensler
James Franco by Adarsha Benjamin for Pas Un Autre
Test polaroid of James Franco for the first issue of Autre Quarterly, the print edition of Pas Un Autre. Shot earlier today in New York by the brilliant Adarsha Benjamin–styled by Paloma Perez–make-up/hair by Jordan Bree Long. Shot on location at the KDU Studios in Brooklyn.