PAUL INSECT
USE STRONG GLUE, DON’T GO OVER ANYONE ELSE, FIND YOUR OWN SPACE AND THE REST IS FOR WORKING OUT YOURSELF.
Before gaining recognition as a very influential name in the field of street art, in 1995 UK artist Paul Insect had founded the design collective Insect. But while developing a very original graphic language, he was attracted by the street as a space for inspiration and expression. ‘The urban space is always changing, always moving, there is always something to see, something inspiring, something that gets you annoyed or makes you happy… It’s a dynamic place,’ he says. Since the early 2000s he has worked with a wide range of media, paste-ups among them. ‘I had been collecting vintage American shooting targets for a few years and ...
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