Bought in 2003 direct from Pictures on Walls (POW) in Shoreditch. It has been stored in a dry and flat for many years. Other early PINs work is available in this auction
Dystopian and Apocalyptic, early Insect from Pictures on Walls 2003 with an example of Paul Insects early signature.
Also called Claw forest Insect appears in the bottom right as his old street graf alter ego. The spider.
Early Pictures on Walls publication same time as Banksy
Artist : PAUL INSECT
Title : Vegas Style Sin / Claw Forest
Year : 2003
Signed : Yes and numbered (very early INSECT Signature)
Limited Edition : 40/150 signed in graphite pencil
Medium : Hand pulled 4 colour screenprint and hand finished in colours on wove
Published : By Pictures on Walls, London, with their blind stamp
Other blind stamps : No
Dimensions : sheet 30.7 x 68.5cm
Condition : In flat stored condition
Unframed
ABOUT the ART and the ARTIST
Very early Insect from Pictures on Walls (POW) 2003 with an example of his early signature
Colourful and dystopian, Insect even appears in the picture himself (the spider bottom right)
Highly collectable and in the established street graf rising market
Bought in 2003 direct from Pictures On Walls. It has been stored in a dry, heated, smoke free area for many years.
Insect was part of the street graf crew Insect Reprise ratifying walls in south London and Shoreditch areas.
Now one of the nations most successful street artists since publishing at POW.
Insect’s first big break arrived in 2007, when Damien Hirst reportedly bought out the artist’s entire solo show before it even opened at London’s Lazarides Gallery. Hirst is not alone in his fandom—Insect has exhibited at a number of galleries in New York and London,
His work was included in Banksy’s 2015 pop-up exhibition “Dismaland” and Roger Gastman’s 2018 traveling street art survey “Beyond the Streets.”
Paul Insect’s in street raw graf style has now been superseded by new mediums with a shift from raw street graf to his use of bright, multi-textured collages, feature cropped portraits, patterned colour fields, benday dots, and decorative elements such as diamond dust and glitter.
A collectors piece with POW provenance.
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