![]() A Blek le Rat exhibition also opens at the Thru Cargo Garden, Arch 461, 83 Rivington Street, London on May 9.īanksy’s Bristol: Home Sweet Home by Steve Wright is published by Tangent Books (£12). We suggest checking out Blek’s book for some of those original ideas.īlek le Rat is published by Thames & Hudson on May 12 (£11.95). And here, the reference to Blek’s potential influence is brief, but nonetheless revealing: “Every time I think I’ve painted something original, I find out that Blek le Rat has done it as well, only twenty years earlier.” ![]() Blek began his artwork in 1981, painting. Xavier Prou was born on 15 November 1952 in Boulogne-Billancourt in the western suburbs of Paris. Blek Le Rat - Little Miss Dynamite Original: Last post by Majestic 16:57:10 GMT 1 Views 1,959 Replies 6 : NEW. He was one of the first graffiti artists in Paris, and has been described as the 'Father of stencil graffiti'. Blek Le Rat Prints For Sale, Online Art Auctions, plus official Books and Toys Blek Le Rat Gallery Show and Exhibition News Street Art, Urban Art Association the original Banksy Forum. In Blek le Rat (published by Thames & Hudson) Sybille Prou – who is also Mrs Blek le Rat – and filmmaker King Adz have done a fine job in bringing Blek’s story across, collecting together a range of images of his iconic street art.Ĭoincidentally, Banksy’s very first “unofficial biography” is also published next month. Blek le Rat (pronounced blk l a born Xavier Prou, 1952) is a French graffiti artist. But Blek, a Frenchman, has been working on ironic self-portraits, stencilled socio-political commentary and, interestingly – rats – since 1981. While Blek’s reputation, at least beyond the world of street art, is far less well known, a new book of his work looks certain to bring his art to a wider audience and throw up a few more questions on just how influential he’s been.Īpparently, when Blek was pasting up an image in a London street last year, he was asked by an inquisitive passerby: “are you Banksy?” Such is the notable similarity between the two graffiti artist’s work. As a result, Banksy’s artistic reputation – no doubt helped by his anonymity – has been elevated to near mythical status. rom the best new equipment to our tried-and-true favorites, every product we recommend gets a thorough thrashing in all types of weather before we send it. ![]() But the perception of Banksy as the pioneer of street art is certainly the one favoured by the media and the art world. ![]() While Banksy is a relative newcomer to the graffiti scene, Blek le Rat has been stencilling, pasting and daubing his way around the world for nearly thirty years. ![]()
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