NOTORIOUS front-man Pete Doherty is set to pose for a life drawing class at a Glasgow prison.

Doherty, who is best known as the lead singer of The Libertines, is set to model for the class at HMP Barlinnie with the drawings being showcased as part of an exhibition of eleven artists from the prison. 

The class will take place next month with the exhibition named "Pete Doherty v Barlinnie Prison" set to open on September 22 within the grounds of the jail, according to the NME.

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The work will be shown alongside Doherty's own artwork.

The class will be given by artist and curator, Joe Henry. He said: “I’ve always been a fan of Pete Doherty. His poetry and his music have influenced a generation. His artwork has the same chaotic punk energy of his sound and is similar in style to the art of Jean Michel Basquiat.

“This exhibition will see Pete on a different platform, behind the prison gates of Scotland’s toughest prison, Barlinnie. Working with mixed media artists, using Doherty as their canvas to work from. We are hoping by staging this event, that this will inspire the participating artists on their road to recovery, and bring the conversation of prison reform to a bigger audience.”

Doherty has previously served time for drug offences. 

Mick Stoney, the governor of Barlinnie has backed the project. He told NME: “Art in prison provides the opportunity for expression and is a form of coping, creating something positive and a chance for the men to see themselves as something different. This project provides an injection of energy that prisons often need to support engagement and change."