Paul Booth (tattoo artist)
{{Short description|American artist}}
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| birth_date = 1967
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| website = {{URL|http://www.lastrites.tv/}}
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| field = Tattoo artist
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Paul Booth (born in 1967 in Boonton[https://www.artjaws.com/en/portfolio/paul-booth/ ArtJaws, Art & New Medias]) is a tattoo artist, sculptor, painter, filmmaker and musician living in New York City. Booth is known for his use of black and gray ink tattoo work depicting dark surrealism styled pieces. He has gained celebrity clientele, which include members of metal bands such as Slipknot, Mudvayne, Slayer, Pantera, Soulfly, Biohazard, Limp Bizkit, Deftones, Cradle of Filth, Chimaira, Sevendust, Dimmu Borgir, Coal Chamber, Pig Destroyer and Sepultura.{{cite magazine |last=Lipton |first=Joshua |date=28 February 2002 |title=Bad Skin |magazine=Rolling Stone |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5934150/bad_skin |accessdate=31 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070620201444/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5934150/bad_skin |archive-date=June 20, 2007}}{{Cite web |title=In Pictures: Paul Booth's Creepiest Hits |url=https://www.forbes.com/2009/03/26/paul-booth-tattoo-entrepreneurs-sales-marketing-tattoo_slide.html |access-date=2023-06-18 |website=Forbes |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2018-12-11 |title=American artist Paul Booth applauds India's respect for tattoo |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/art-and-culture/american-artist-paul-booth-applauds-india-s-respect-for-tattoo/story-QXNhuxvqm7eSNDEOqCNexI.html |access-date=2023-06-18 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Hart |first1=Carey |last2=Palmer |first2=Chris |date=2008 |title=Inked |publisher=Artisan Books |isbn=9781579653354 |page=23 |url=https://archive.org/details/inked0000hart/page/23 |url-access=registration |quote=national Arts Club paul booth.}}
Last Rites Tattoo Theater & Art Gallery
In 1996, Booth opened [http://www.lastrites.tv/ Last Rites Tattoo Theatre] in New York City. The gallery relocated from Hudson Yards to the Garment District in 2015, which was documented in the 'Paul Booth's Last Rites Volume 1' DVD.{{Cite web |title=The Opening of Booth Gallery – Things&Ink |date=24 December 2015 |url=https://www.th-ink.co.uk/2015/12/24/the-opening-of-booth-gallery/ |access-date=2022-05-24 |language=en-GB}} The new location was Booth's second gallery and was called the Booth Gallery.{{Cite web |last=Petzold |first=Dirk |date=2015-11-08 |title=Booth Gallery Opening in New York City |url=https://weandthecolor.com/booth-gallery-opening-in-new-york-city/62008 |access-date=2022-05-24 |website=WE AND THE COLOR |language=en-US}}
Last Rites Tattoo Theater closed its doors in May of 2020, citing economic distress due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite web |date=2020-05-28 |title=Paul Booth is Closing His Last Rites Tattoo Studio |url=https://www.metalsucks.net/2020/05/28/paul-booth-is-closing-his-last-rites-tattoo-studio/ |access-date=2022-05-24 |website=MetalSucks |language=en}}
The Art Fusion Experiment
In the year 2000, Paul Booth was a co-founder of a charitable international art organization known as Art Fusion Experiment (AFE).{{cite web |author=Industry Five |title=Paul Booth Interview |work=Prick Magazine |url=http://www.prickmag.net/paulboothinterview.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422063310/http://prickmag.net/paulboothinterview.html |archivedate=2009-04-22}}
References
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External links
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- {{Official website|http://www.darkimages.com}}
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Category:American tattoo artists