Paul Vink (aka Pauly Pop)

Born in 1973 in Papendrecht, the Netherlands
Resides and works in Hillegom, the Netherlands

BIO

Manifesto (In alphabetical order)

Analyzing

Don’t analyze/accept/don’t overthink/DO/

Art is (about)

Me, my truth, sex, death, believe, change & personal growth, contradictions, funny and painful, colorful and black and white, in your face, confrontation, new questions

Believe

Bad things happen to everyone …….except to you/and ME (of course)

Black and white

Most white people have no privileges/neither do most BLACK people/

Boring

Life is boring until you have to pay your bills and taxes/

Bruce Springsteen

“Drinking and fucking a lot. What is it good for?” (absolutely nothing, say it again)

“War where is it good for?” (protection, industry, work, nationalism, politics, population……)/

Thanks Boss

Children

If evolution is real, what happend to my children?/

Colour

People of colour are often quite black and white/

However, black and white are not colors at all/

Technically speaking, they are just nuances/That’s ALL

Confusing

Be happy and sad at the same time

Most peoples children are UGLIER than themselves/Anyway, that’s what my parents said/

Cars in the 80’s

The price of CIGARETTES

My erection/blue pills

Dreams

Your fondest dream can turn out to be your worst NIGHTMARE

Drugs

Drugs is not a problem. Drinking is/

Fat people

More FAT people die than drugs addicts/

Feminism

Woman TALK to much and guys DO to much.

Famous

Being famous is the same as being rich. It’s all in the eye of the beholder/ A bottle of WATER in the dessert can be worth more then all your money, so never bring a knife to a gunfight.

Gay

I must be gay because women don’t want me. Or I can become a priest. A priest can also fuck children/ If you don’t want to FUCK kids, become an Artist/ or a Musician/

Illegal

Only illegal DRUGS is DRUGS. The ‘legal’ drugs are called MEDICINE/ Why don’t we legalize it all? Liquor is also hard drugs/

Legacy

If you have everything, then you will worry about your legacy. Why? Dead is dead. And you won’t beat the dead superstars like ADOLF HITLER//

Life

Life is about SEX and DYING/thats all that matters/

Life is not a dress rehearsal so fuck someones brains out/

Money

The fastest way to make money is by solving a problem. Not by making ART or helping people/

Here are some other great ways to make money:

Start a WAR

Start selling drugs or

Curing CANCER

Kill my EX

Morals

People would rather see a woman shot in the face than her pussy of breasts on Netflix.

New movement

It’s not about ‘ME TOO”, Its about ME/

Older

People say that you are only so old as you feel. Of course. And GOD exists. And I was a Nubian princess in my past life/

Painting

Making money with painting:

Paint the walls of a commercial building

Partner

When you’re friends are more important than you’re partner, you are in big trouble.

Peace

Peace = no borders

Peace = sharing and caring for each other

Peace = killing everybody that stands in your way

Peace = last person on earth

Peache = a fuzzy fruit native to northwest China

Relevants:

EVERYTHING has already been said

but what nobody said before is probably not worth saying.

Religion

Religion is for those who are STUPID…….  or for people who are very intelligent/

Self-knowledge:

People hate me for what I say

People hate me for what I do

It’s another day for you and me in paradise (Phil Collins)

Self protection

1. I  can never injure myself on the street while drunk as long I’m behind the wheel of a LARGE automobile. (Once in a lifetime Talking Heads)

2. “I sold my gun and therefore bought a Pitt Bull to protect my children”.

Sick

The boss and the government care that I could get sick/ You see, they really love me.

Slimshaming

Telling someone they are fat is wrong. Telling someone they are slim is allright/

Suicide

Whats wrong about SUICIDE?

The oscars

Most people will never make a movie. Instead they are preparing an Oscar acceptance speech.

Trangenders

Most transgender people are depressed/

Victim

Feeling like a victim is the cancer of the 21st century/

Workaround

If you don’t like something about yourself, there are two things you should do:

1: Accept it. 2: Work around it. 3: FUCK IT! YOU ARE FANTASTIC JUST THE WAY YOU ARE.

Education/training:

Fotovakschool Amsterdam

Willem de Kooning Academy Rotterdam

Recent exhibitions:

2024, ‘Last Image’, O.S.D., Hillegom, The Netherlands

2024, ‘Dating in the Netherlands’, O.S.D., Hillegom, The Netherlands

2024, ‘Madame S’, Spaarne, Cruquius, The Netherlands

2024, ‘Observations’, RKZ, Beverwijk, The Netherlands

Selected collections:

Pauly Pop is in 2024 collected by various private collectors in the Netherlands.
Pauly Pop features in various national and international private collections.

Professional contributions:

Freelance Photographer in london/Paris for several magazinesArt director for several company’s, Graphic designer for several company’s