Paul Insect

{{short description|UK contemporary artist}}

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Paul Insect is a UK contemporary artist, who is most famous for his 2007 solo show Bullion exhibition at London's Art gallery, Lazarides Gallery.{{cite news |title=Market news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/artsales/3666743/Market-news.html |work=The Daily Telegraph|date=24 July 2007 |accessdate=24 December 2008 | location=London | first=Colin | last=Gleadell}}

Damien Hirst is reported to be a fan of Insect, having purchased the show days before it opened.{{cite news |title=Art attack |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/arts-and-culture/2008/01/art-work-banksy-palestinian |work=New Statesman |date=17 January 2008 |accessdate=24 December 2008 }}

Insect, who also goes by the name of PINS,{{cite web|url=http://www.paulinsect.com|title=P.INSECT|work=paulinsect.com|accessdate=8 September 2015}} worked alongside artist Banksy at the Cans Festival, the Santa's Ghetto project in Bethlehem, and on the separation wall in Palestine.{{clarify|date=September 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7524771485|title=Log into Facebook - Facebook|via=Facebook|accessdate=8 September 2015|archive-date=31 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831232456/https://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7524771485|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.tristanmanco.com/tag/santas-ghetto|title=Santa's Ghetto -|work=tristanmanco.com|date=January 2008 |accessdate=8 September 2015}}

Insect is well known for his collective named 'insect' which started in 1996, and disbanded in 2005.{{cite web|url=http://www.insect.co.uk|title=Insect|work=insect.co.uk|accessdate=8 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922074414/http://www.insect.co.uk/|archive-date=22 September 2015|url-status=dead}} Insect held an exhibition at a disused sex shop in London's Kings Cross area in 2008 in partnership with Lazarides Gallery.{{cite news |title=How the Tate got streetwise |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2008/may/11/art.exhibition |work=The Observer |date=11 May 2008 |accessdate=24 December 2008 | location=London | first=Alice | last=Fisher}} This contained 12 bronze skulls with colour enameled bunny ears.http://www.artofthestate.co.uk/Graffiti/paul-insect-poison-show.htm.{{Clarify|date=May 2010}}

Insect created the artwork for San Francisco-based hip hop producer DJ Shadow's 2006 The Outsider album.{{cite web| url = http://www.discogs.com/artist/1296427-Paul-Insect| title = Paul Insect {{!}} Discography {{!}} Discogs| website = Discogs}}{{cite web |url=http://sleevage.com/dj-shadow-the-outsider |title= DJ Shadow: The Outsider » Sleevage » Music, Art, Design|website=sleevage.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100426034116/http://sleevage.com/dj-shadow-the-outsider |archive-date=26 April 2010}}