Blek le Rat
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Blek le Rat is Xavier Prou.[1][2] He was one of the first graffiti artists in Paris, and has been described as the "Father of stencil graffiti".[3]
Xavier Prou was born on 15 November 1951 in Boulogne-Billancourt in the western suburbs of Paris.
Early career and influence
[change | change source]Blek began his artwork in 1981, painting stencils of rats on the walls of Parisian streets. He described the rat as "the only free animal in the city",[4] and one which "spreads the plague everywhere, just like street art".[5] His name comes from the comic book Blek le Roc, using "rat" as an anagram for "art".[3]
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The iconic stencils of rats by Blek le Rat -
Blek le Rat in Los Angeles -
"Ballerina" by Blek le Rat at the 941 Geary Gallery, San Francisco -
A parody of war -
An angelino playing the violin -
Escape from a basement -
A cop shooting a gun -
Aviolinist -
A couple dancing theTango -
a wall presentation in a gallery -
A man dress as a computer -
The Mona Lisa
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Related pages
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ Januszczak, Waldemar (8 June 2008). "Blek le Rat, the man who gave birth to Banksy". London: The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 13 September 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
- ↑ "Blek le Rat: This is not a Banksy". London: The Independent. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 21 May 2008.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Blek le Rat: biography of a street artist. Stencil Revolution". Archived from the original on 2016-09-18. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
- ↑ Reiss, Jon. Blek le Rat Archived 2008-09-18 at the Wayback Machine. Swindle, Issue 11. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
- ↑ Blek Le Rat interview Archived 2011-04-18 at the Wayback Machine. UK Street Art. 29 July 2008. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
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