insaland http://www.insaland.com UK artist/ designer INSA Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:29:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 HOT SHIT…. http://www.insaland.com/blog/hot-shit/ http://www.insaland.com/blog/hot-shit/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:33:44 +0000 insa http://www.insaland.com/?p=1588 Who’d have known elephant dung could look so sexy….?!?

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Thanks to Scarlet for modeling and Bernard for the photography.

]]> http://www.insaland.com/blog/hot-shit/feed/ 0 The Making of… http://www.insaland.com/blog/the-making-of/ http://www.insaland.com/blog/the-making-of/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:09:56 +0000 insa http://www.insaland.com/?p=1570 Part of the excitement of making this work was finding the elephant dung and working out how to work with it!

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After tracking down a willing dung donor i found out this herd of elephants at Whipsnade zoo were the same ones that Chris Ofili had got his dung from over 15 years ago and possibly even the exact same elephant!

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Carrying a bag of smelly shit back to my studio on 2 trains and 2 buses was fairly entertaining,

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after spending a lot of time studying Ofili’s work up close i then got to work making a couple of prototypes.

Using the same techniques of resin coating, beading and painting i am really happy with the final outcome:

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]]> http://www.insaland.com/blog/the-making-of/feed/ 0 INSA at TATE BRITAIN http://www.insaland.com/blog/insa-at-tate-britain/ http://www.insaland.com/blog/insa-at-tate-britain/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:25:24 +0000 insa http://www.insaland.com/?p=1560 So it has been an absolute honour and privilege to be asked by Tate Britain to produce some work in response to an artist i have admired for a long time: Chris Ofili.

Here are pictures of my first piece, a pair of 10″ platform heels made from elephant shit!

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The work is entitled “Anything comes when it comes to (s)hoes…”

And will be going on display in Tate Britain from sunday 14th March.

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Artist INSA worked alongside The Deptford Project to give this recondition British rail train carriage a whole lot of love.
The train carriage located in the heart of Deptford High St (London) and at the centre of SE8s close knit community has been repainted just in time for Valentines day.
The piece entitled ‘Heartfelt‘ questions the difference between ‘real’ love and ‘fake’ love on a day that is ever more about hard cash than heart felt.

]]> http://www.insaland.com/portfolio/artwork/installation/heartfelt/feed/ 0 MONTANA GALLERY LISBON http://www.insaland.com/portfolio/exhibitions/montana-gallery-lisbon/ http://www.insaland.com/portfolio/exhibitions/montana-gallery-lisbon/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:36:51 +0000 insa http://www.insaland.com/?p=1537 The opening exhibition of the new

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Portugal

December 2009

]]> http://www.insaland.com/portfolio/exhibitions/montana-gallery-lisbon/feed/ 0 ‘Bring the Noise!’ http://www.insaland.com/blog/bring-the-noise/ http://www.insaland.com/blog/bring-the-noise/#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:03:21 +0000 insa http://www.insaland.com/?p=1524 So i have been working on a couple of major bits of work for Tate Britain! i will share them with you real soon.

They will be on display at the gallery from the 14th of March as part of the Bring the Noise events:

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If you’re in London on the 14th or 21st make sure to come along!!

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Thanks to Rebecca at The Deptford Project i was able to produce this new piece entitled “HEARTFELT”.

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Nothing says i love you like a wholecar……..

]]> http://www.insaland.com/blog/to-deptford-with-love/feed/ 0 My Dreamy Life http://www.insaland.com/blog/my-dreamy-life/ http://www.insaland.com/blog/my-dreamy-life/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:59:30 +0000 insa http://www.insaland.com/?p=1506 Here is the piece i submitted to the recent M.I.S.S. crew ‘PAPERDOLLS’ show in Fifty24LA Gallery.

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And as a gift to you my lovely readers I have uploaded it large enough to print off- so if you wanted to cut out keep your very own Darlene paperdoll- help her make those fun life choices- simply click on the image to enlarge and print!

“This is a product of fiction. Any similarities with products or persons alive or dead is purely coincidental.
Any stereotyping of gender roles is purely accidental.
Please enjoy responsibly.”

]]> http://www.insaland.com/blog/my-dreamy-life/feed/ 0 ETHEL http://www.insaland.com/blog/ethel/ http://www.insaland.com/blog/ethel/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:21:13 +0000 insa http://www.insaland.com/?p=1499 So looking back at the wall painting days i wanted to give my girl ETHEL her props:

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Deptford HOF- RIP

]]> http://www.insaland.com/blog/ethel/feed/ 0 Graffiti Flashback http://www.insaland.com/blog/graffiti-flashback/ http://www.insaland.com/blog/graffiti-flashback/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:35:16 +0000 insa http://www.insaland.com/?p=1495 A couple old walls from back when i was a letters man….way back in 04!
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INSA + ETHEL -Dewsbury- UK 2004

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JEHU + INSA + ETHEL – Echo Park- LA 2004

]]> http://www.insaland.com/blog/graffiti-flashback/feed/ 0 Fashion Spot http://www.insaland.com/blog/fashion-spot/ http://www.insaland.com/blog/fashion-spot/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:31:14 +0000 insa http://www.insaland.com/?p=1489 Spotted in this months ELLE magazine.
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Thanks a lot to Olga for pointing it out!!

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I have a little something in this interesting show, put on by the lovely ladies over at M.I.S.S crew in SF

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