Illustrations

Cover Page: Franko B, Oh Lover Boy, 2001. Photograph/copyright Manuel Vason. Tate International Arts and Culture. March/April 2003. Issue No.4, p.111.

fig.1 Botox injections, photograph. The Observer, Body Uncovered. 26.10.2003, p. 9.

fig.2 Toe reduction surgery. Photograph courtesy of Dr Stuart Mogul. The Observer, Body Uncovered. 26.10.2003, p.45.

fig.3 Jason Oliver, photograph by Karen Robinson. The Brander, The Observer, Body Uncovered. 26.10.2003, p.3.

fig.4 Shias mark the holy festival of Ashura. Photograph, The Week. 24.05.2003, p.11.

fig.5 Abbas Amini. Photograph, The Sunday Times Magazine. 21.12.2003, p.44.

fig.6 Marcel Duchamp, Tonsure in the form of a shooting star, 1919, black and white photograph 9 x 8 cm. Warr,T. (ed.) & Jones, A. (2000) THE ARTIST’S BODY. p.191. London: Phaidon Press.

fig.7 Photograph of Jackson Pollock in the process of creating a drip painting, 1950. Copyright Hans Namuth.

fig.8 Yves Klein, Anthrompometry of the Blue Epoch, 1960. Photograph. Galerie Internationale d`Art Contemporain, Paris.

fig.9 Marina Abramovic, Rhythm 5, 1974. Record of performance at the Student Cultural Centre, Belgrade.

fig.10 ibid.

fig.11 Franko B, I miss You, 2000. Performance at the ArtLive Festival, Turin. Photograph by Manuel Vason.

fig.12 Franko B, work in progress (1995-1997) London. Photograph by Lee Wagstaff, courtesy of Franko B.

fig.13 Franko B, I`m not your babe, 1995. Photograph in Vergine, L. (2000) Body Art and Performance. P.273. Milan: Skira Editore.

fig.14 Titian, Venus of Urbino, 1538. Oil on canvas. 119 x 165cm. Uffizi, Florence.

fig.15 Franko B, I miss You, 2000. Performance at the ArtLive Festival, Turin. Photograph by Manuel Vason.

fig.16 Fra Angelico, Christ with Crown of Thorns. 1450. In Miglietti, F. (2003) Extreme Bodies. P.18. Milan: Skira Editore.

fig.17 Francis Bacon, Three Studies for Figures at the Base of Crucifixion, 1944. Oil on chipboard. Tryptych, each panel 95 x 73.5cm. Tate Gallery, London. Gift of Eric Hall.

fig.18 Franko B, Oh Lover Boy, 2000. Performance in Malmo, Sweden, Sept. 2000. Photograph by Manuel Vason.

fig.19 Franko B, I Miss You! 2002. Photograph by and copyright Manuel Vason. [online] Available from: http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/liveculture/frankob.htm  [Accessed 9 January 2004]

fig.20 Franko B photograph by Manuel Vason. In Dazed and Confused. March 2001, No.75, p.132.

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Introduction
Tracing Foundations
The Artist’s Body
Broken Boundaries
Religion, Ritual, Shaman
Nudity and Nakedness
Corporeality
The Gift
Conclusion
Illustrations
Bibliography