Paul Insect

Paul Insect A.K.A PINS is quite possibly one of my favorite street artists, his work always has a message behind it and that message is not a spoken message but more of a satirical look at human behavior.Insect's work often features pop culture references, anatomy and explicit themes. i enjoy the use of detail and bold colours.

Insect's work is best summed up in this peice of text from www.theoutsiders.net/artist/paul-insect

"Paul Insect's refined interpretation of visceral subject matter -Victorian graphics replaced by Dada-ist collages fusing adolescence, aggression, and rough-around-more-than-just-the-edges pornography - are tempered by a joyous use of colour and an ambitious style. Equally, the images are provoking and provocative: dripping as much with sensitivity and gravitas as they are with sex and death. Moreover, they are a window onto the mind of the frustrated modern male: boiling over with unkempt aggression and sexuality, but yearning somehow for a higher moral purpose than the gradual accumulation of acceptance. Clowns crack and go on the rampage; kids in cowboy outfits contemplate the worth of their peers; and babies are contented to consider the consequences of the quantum age. As they do."

Insect's fans included Damien Hirst and he has also collaborated with Banksy. Insect is best known for his collective of the same title 'Insect'(1996-2005).