James Franco’s 17 Weirdest Creative Projects From 2012

Get this man a MoMA retrospective!

2k12 was a wildly fruitful and artistic year for James Franco!

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No need to applaud YET, guys. Let’s hear about his successes first!

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1. His comedy psycho-thriller, “Francophrenia,” premiered in Rotterdam!

Source: thetfs.ca

2. He sold his fictionalized memoir, “Actors Anonymous,” to Amazon!

The literary opus will be about his experiences as an actor and grad student.

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3. He signed on to play Robert Mapplethorpe, known for his boundary-pushing (and dildo-featuring) photography.

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4. He designed polaroid t-shirts for “Seven for all Mankind.”

Source: complex.com

5. He started the pre-production of his “homo-sex-art-film!”

It’s a collaboration with filmmaker Travis Mathews entitled James Franco’s Cruising.

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6. He curated an art exhibition called “Rebel.”

It was inspired by Rebel Without a Cause and includes his own work.

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7. He made some colorful body art!

More here!

Source: James Franco’s WhoSay profile  /  via: whosay.com

8. He began his adaptation of Faulkner’s “As I Lay Dying.”

Directed by James Franco, starring James Franco.

Source: litreactor.com

9. He debuted his Motown-inspired spoken word band, “Daddy.”

Video available at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=lL-BhJcdJaE.

10. Smokey Robinson collaborated with him on one of his tracks!

Video available at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=xYSqEd5dVe0.

11. He maintained his ever-blossoming friendship with performance artist Marina Abramovic.

She made a lot of people cry at MoMA back in 2010.

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12. He began his new column for Playboy, “Francophile.”

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13. He performed an Aleister Crowley occultist ritual in an art gallery!

It was in collaboration with occult artist and filmmaker Brian Butler. More info here.

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14. He directed an R.E.M. video starring Lindsay Lohan.

Video available at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=GvI_U8PJ-4Q.

15. He took some Cindy Sherman-inspired self-portraits!

Basically he re-created the artist’s Untitled Film Stills series starring himself instead of her.

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16. He manned a pop-up Christmas shop in London.

The proceeds went to an art gallery, Studio Voltaire, which owns the above James Franco artwork.

Source: studiovoltaire.org

17. And Graywolf Press is publishing his debut poetry collection!

The news was announced just today.

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But don’t get too blown away yet, y’all!

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“I’m comin’ at YOU, 2013!”

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