RUSSELL SHAW HIGGS - PINK PEDESTRIANS 12345

Artist: Russell Shaw Higgs Title: Pink Pedestrians 12345 Archival Inkjet on Somerset Satin Enhanced 330gsm Paper Edition of 50 Signed and numbered. Size: 48 x 27 cm About the Artist: Russell Shaw Higgs was born in 1960 in Oswestry Army Camp. He is named after two of his fathers favourite men, Bertrand Russell and George Bernard Shaw. Predominantly based in London, he has a broad and diverse history as an artist and political activist. In the early 80s post-punk band Wicked Kitchen Staff, Russell sang and redistributed shoplifted gifts amongst the audiences. In the late 80s he was heavily engaged as a frontline civil disobedience activist with a number of campaigns including ACT-UP London and Outrage. The early 90s saw Russell flirting with Contemporary Dance, in performances at the ICA & The Place. Russell has lived a fiercely self directed and uncompromising life. Burning many many bridges along the way. Not always making the wisest or most practical choices. He regularly compares the option of death against whatever other choices are on offer to him, in order to be clear about what he is and is not prepared to do. He is by default an optimist.