Paul Insect

Paul Insect is UK street artist, who is most famous for his 2007 solo show Bullion exhibition at London's Art gallery, Lazarides Gallery.[1] Damien Hirst is reported to be a fan of Insect, having purchased the show days before it opened.[2] Insect, who also goes by the name of PINS,[3] worked alongside well-known artist Banksy at the Cans Festival, Santas Ghetto, and on the separation wall in Palestine.[4]

Insect is well known for his collective named 'insect' which started in 1996, and disbanded in 2005.[5] Insect held an exhibition at a disused Sex shop in London's Kings Cross area in 2008 in partnership with Lazarides Gallery.[6] This contained 12 bronze skulls with colour enameled bunny ears. Dead Playboy Bunnygirls[7]

Santa's Ghetto, Palestine

In 2007 Paul Insect was responsible for hanging the Santa’s Ghetto project in Bethlehem. Close to 20 artists were invited to take part in the project during the month[8]

Insect's Hip hop collaboration

Paul Insect works with the San Francisco based Hip Hop producer, DJ Shadow creating the artwork for his Outsider Album.[9]

Books

References

  1. ↑ Gleadell, Colin (24 July 2007). "Market news". The Daily Telegraph (London). Retrieved 24 December 2008.
  2. ↑ "Art attack". New Statesman. 17 January 2008. Retrieved 24 December 2008.
  3. ↑ http://www.paulinsect.com
  4. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7524771485
  5. ↑ http://www.insect.co.uk
  6. ↑ Fisher, Alice (11 May 2008). "How the Tate got streetwise". The Observer (London). Retrieved 24 December 2008.
  7. ↑ http://www.artofthestate.co.uk/Graffiti/paul-insect-poison-show.htm.[]
  8. ↑ http://www.tristanmanco.com/tag/santas-ghetto
  9. ↑ http://sleevage.com/dj-shadow-the-outsider

External links

Insect 2004 - Old news & work