At that time Taki 183 and everything was only in New York. When I was 20 years in 1972 I took a trip to New York City, and thats where I first discovered graffiti. I started to make graffiti in 1981 in Paris. For those who are not familiar with your work why don’t you tell them a bit about yourself?īlek le Rat: My name is Blek Le Rat. Blek currently has a Solo show on exhibition here and its a must see! So let’s get started with the basics. Similar artists.Matthew Eller: I am currently at the beautiful West Chelsea Contemporary Gallery in NYC speaking with the living legend Blek le Rat.
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There are 0Īrtworks for sale on our website by galleries and art dealers askART's database currently holds 221 auction lots for Blek Le Rat (of whichġ59 auction records sold and 0 are upcoming at auction.)Īrtist artworks for sale and wanted. Le Rat is credited with being the inventor of the life-sized stencil, as well as the first to transform stencil from basic lettering into pictoral art. He also stated the influence of New York's Richard Hamilton, who painted large-scale human figures in the 1980s. ?Initially influenced by the early graffiti art of New York City after a visit in 1971, he chose a style which he felt better suited Paris, due to the differing architecture of the two cities. His name originates from a childhood cartoon "Blek le Roc", using "rat" as an anagram for "art". He began his artwork in 1981, painting stencils of rats on the street walls of Paris, describing the rat as "the only free animal in the city", and one which "spreads the plague everywhere, just like street art". Blek le Rat, born Xavier Prou in Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris in 1952, was one of the first graffiti artists in Paris, and the originator of stencil graffiti art.
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