Frances Bean Cobain Is Selling Her Truly Nightmarish Artwork Online

The progeny of rock royalty has prints for sale.

Executive Producer Frances Bean Cobain attends HBO's 'Kurt Cobain: Montage Of Heck' Los Angeles Premiere at the Egyptian Theatre on April 21, 2015 in Hollywood, California. Courtesy of Jason Merritt/Getty Images.

Frances Bean Cobain, born of rock music royalty, has embraced a different branch of the arts. The daughter of late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, and Hole singer Courtney Love, Cobain is selling prints of her brooding, cartoonish artwork ranging from $200 to $400 each, reports Pitchfork.

“Most of my artwork is geared towards being humorous in some light. I thought every piece was funny, but I’m delighted to discover that it was only funny to me,” Cobain told Interview magazine in 2010, upon the occasion of her first solo exhibition, held at Los Angeles’s La Luz de Jesus Gallery.

France Bean Cobain <em>Civil Conduct</em>. Courtesy France Bean Cobain.

France Bean Cobain Civil Conduct. Courtesy France Bean Cobain.

The show, titled “Scumfuck,” took place when she was just 17 years old, and working under the pseudonym Fiddle Tim. In 2012, one of Cobain’s drawings was included in the group show “LA MiXTAPE” at Los Angeles’s Dark Dark Science, but a rumored solo show at the gallery, which appears to have closed following “MiXTAPE,” never materialized.

Now 23, Cobain is making another go of it with the current sale, taking place at online market place depop. “Selling Prints of my Art. Normal sized prints are available now and some special editions will be sold at a later date,” Cobain wrote, signing off simply as “Frances.”

Cobain’s artistic bent may come from her father, who created the album art for Nirvana albums and was an avid visual artist, working in painting, drawing, photography, and collage. Last month, Cobain and Love announced plans to launch a touring exhibition of the late musician’s artwork and personal possessions.

As for the younger Cobain, her current inventory includes seven works, each more nightmarish and disturbing than the last. It’s not clear, however, how active her art-making practice has been over the last six years, as five of the pieces were part of the “Scumfuck” show.

See more of Cobain’s work below.

France Bean Cobain Scumfuck. Courtesy France Bean Cobain.

France Bean Cobain Scumfuck. Courtesy France Bean Cobain.

France Bean Cobain Celestial Splendor. Courtesy France Bean Cobain.

France Bean Cobain Celestial Splendor. Courtesy France Bean Cobain.

France Bean Cobain Spector Hector. Courtesy France Bean Cobain.

France Bean Cobain Spector Hector. Courtesy France Bean Cobain.

France Bean Cobain Chopsy Cheech. Courtesy France Bean Cobain.

France Bean Cobain Chopsy Cheech. Courtesy France Bean Cobain.


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