Paris Hilton porno art goes on display

Reuters

EDGY ART: A new artwork featuring an image of Paris Hilton made out of porn has gone on display in London.

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Paris Hilton has been immortalised in a portrait compiled using pornographic images.

Jonathan Yeo's depiction of the hotel heiress - which has already been purchased by artist Damien Hirst for an undisclosed amount - is set to be displayed as part of a new gallery show The Outsiders in London's Lazarides Gallery from today.

Yeo - who has previously painted portraits of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Britain's Prince Philip, former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and media mogul Rupert Murdoch - also revealed he has offered the proceeds from the sale of a $20 poster of the portrait, which is entitled Paris, 2008, to the heiress.

Other pictures in the exhibition include Yeo's portrait of US President George W Bush, also made using images from adult publications.

This is not the first time the 27-year-old beauty has found herself the subject of an artist's talent.

In May 2007, Paris - who was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol in September 2006 - was sculpted as a naked corpse in a bizarre art campaign to warn against the dangers of drink driving.

The sculpture, from New York artist Daniel Edwards, showed the socialite lying naked with her legs splayed wearing a tiara and clutching a cell phone.

Her pet Chihuahua Tinkerbell was also sculpted, resting its front paws on Paris' breasts.

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