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Adam Neate. Suicide Bomber, 2007 Adam Neate (born 1977) is a British painter,[1] conceptual artist and one of the best known street artists in the world.[2] He specialises in painting urban art on recycled cardboard,[3] and has left thousands of works in the street for anyone to collect.[4] He is a contributor from the movement in transferring street art into galleries.[1] Contents 1 Early years 2 Technique 3 Work 4 Adam Neate: A New Understanding 5 Influences 6 References 7 External links // Early years Adam Neate was born in Colchester, Essex and grew up in Ipswich, Suffolk. In the mid-1980s, aged nine or ten, he became familiar with graffiti art through a cousin, who was interested in it.[5] Neate watched VHS videos about graffiti, as well as groups such as the Beastie Boys and hip-hop music.[5] Then he borrowed books like Spray Can Art and Subway Art from the library: he was attracted by the colourful quality of the artwork, which he wanted to emulate.[5] He did not study painting, but graduated in design at Suffolk College,[4] then moved to London and took a job as a graphic designer in an advertising agency.[6] Technique He also took up painting, which he had long wanted to do.[4] Using aerosols and found objects,[6] he painted on cardboard boxes, which he collected from the street, avoiding the use of canvas because of its cost.[5] His work can have two and three-dimensional qualities, as he tears the material, builds it in layers and staples pieces together, mainly making figurative images, which include self-portraits and portraits of friends.[5] Work He gave away works to friends, but built up an excess and left them wrapped in bin liners outside charity shops as a donation. When he discovered that they were not being sold, but thrown out with the rubbish, he started to leave them in the streets instead, with works leaning on lampposts, doors and wheelie bins, as an open exhibition,[4] which looked "really surreal".[5] He could produce around 20 paintings a night, and around 1,000 a year.[4] Over a five year period, he left thousands of his works in London streets.[1] He had kept away from galleries, but was contacted by Elms Lesters, who wanted to show his work.[5] Neate took up the invitation, but decided to do different work from his street art and develop other techniques and styles.[5] In March 2007, journalist Max Foster picked up on Neate's work and was the first to report on him. In August 2007, at Elms Lesters Painting Rooms in London, he had a solo show, which sold out within hours of opening.[6] Following this he was able to give up his job.[6] In December 2007, his painting Suicide Bomber sold for £78,500 at Sotheby's.[7] One of the 1,000 prints by Adam Neate left in the streets of London on 14 November 2008. On 14 November 2008, in an event The London Show, he and helpers left 1,000 prints, worth a total of £1 million, around London streets for anyone to pick up and keep.[2][4] When night came, the first teams started in the outer southern boroughs, Bromley, Bexley and Merton, and worked their way to the centre, covering all 32 boroughs and the City of London, and finishing in the early hours.[8] Work was left in doorways and against shop windows.[8] Some of the work quickly appeared on Ebay with starting prices ranging from 99p to £1,000; Neate had no objection to such sales, and thought it might help some people out for Christmas.[9] He said, "It has always been a dream of mine to do a show around the whole of London, to take over the whole city in one go. I want everybody to be able to see it, but once the pieces are out there I don't mind what happens to them."[10] The works were screen prints on cardboard of a man, with stamping, each being slightly different, and protected in a cellophane wrapper;[4] Andy Warhol provided the precedent for industrial style production.[4] Neate created the master image in a stencil, and thereafter did not touch the prints, which were made by a professional screen printer.[11] They were rubber-stamped with his signature.[11] Neate wished to overcome boundaries between product, print and painting: "I’m interested in that Warhol idea of the brands as assisted readymade."[11] He said, "The whole concept of the free art thing was challenging the notion of art as a commodity and its worth in society. Now I’m taking that to another level, testing the viability of separating art from commerce."[11] Adam Neate: A New Understanding Adam Neate returned to Elms Lesters in 2009 with 'A New Understanding', which opened on Friday 9 October. The exhibition saw Neate further develop his 3D paintings and search for how to portray a 4th dimension.[12] Influences He cites his influences as his wife, Waleska, New York graffiti artist, Daze, and Picasso.[1] He is a pioneer of a radical new movement, which shows street art in conventional art galleries.[1] His work has gained recognition from the National Gallery, the Tate, and the National Portrait Gallery.[1] He has expressed an interest in exploring sculpture and photography, as well as in travel to America and Venice.[5] References ^ a b c d e f "Adam Neate", The Daily Telegraph (click on "previous" and "next" arrows). Retrieved 18 November 2008. ^ a b Swaine, John. "Adam Neate's Street Art Action: art for free", The Daily Telegraph, 13 November 2008. Retrieved 18 November 2008. ^ "Artist to give away 1,000 works", BBC, 10 November 2008. Retrieved 18 November 2008. ^ a b c d e f g h Haugh, Richard. "Adam Neate: Art for the people", BBC, 14 November 2008. Retrieved 18 November 2008. ^ a b c d e f g h i Fairweather, Shona. "Adam Neate: from street art to the gallery", Aesthetica, December – January 2008. Retrieved 18 November 2008. ^ a b c d "Adam Neate Close-up", The Independent on Sunday, 23 September 2007. Retrieved 18 November 2008. ^ "Contemporary Art: Sale: L07713", Sotheby's. Retrieved 18 November 2008. ^ a b "Artist leaves his art on streets", BBC, 15 November 2008. Retrieved 18 November 2008. ^ "Artist backs street art web sale", BBC, 15 November 2008. Retrieved 18 November 2008. ^ Shields, Rachel. "As art market bottoms out, a painter gives his work away for nothing", The Independent, 9 November 2008. Retrieved 18 November 2008. ^ a b c d "The London show: Adam Neate", Sky, 2008. Retrieved 18 November 2008. ^ Haugh, Richard. ", BBC, 9 October 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2009. External links Bio and selection of paintings Examples of his art Video interview CNN Report [1] Tour of 2009 exhibition