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This Article is From May 18, 2011

James Franco Gets Carved For The Sake Of Art

James Franco Gets Carved For The Sake Of Art

JamesFranco has turned himself into art work to pay tribute toHollywood icon James Dean.

The Oscar nominated actor who shot to fame playing the'Rebel Without A Cause' star in a 2001 TV bio-pic, got a bodycarving dedicated to his 'Deuces Wild' co-star Brad Renfro, aspart of the exhibition in Venice Biennale.

The 33-year-old got Renfro's name carved into hisright arm with a switchblade, documenting the process inphotography and film, reported Los Angeles Times online.

Renfro, who died in 2008 at the age of 25 of a heroinoverdose, reprised the character played by Sal Mineo in theoriginal film.

Franco, who had a hand in the other artists' projects,says that the carving itself could be seen as one of theshow's more permanent artworks.

This isn't the only Dean-related project coming up forFranco as he is getting ready to direct a biopic of Mineo.

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