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Blek is particularly famous for his full scale human character stencils and many consider him the inventor of stencils in street art.Īlthough Blek created street art before Banksy, he has not had the same mainstream success as Banksy. From that moment on, his main body of work has been carried out using pre-stencilled posters for speedier application to walls lessening the likelihood of being caught in the act. The police put two and two together which equalled the arrest of Blek.

He describes the rat as an ideal subject, "because they create fear, they are synonymous with invasion and they are the only wild animals (apart from) pigeons that live in the city." Blek Le Rat began spreading his message in 1981, painting stencils of rats on the streets of Paris.īlek's identity was revealed to French authorities in 1991 while stencilling a replica of Caravaggio's Madonna and Child. His pseudonym, Blek Le Rat, originates from a childhood cartoon "Blek le Roc", using "rat" as an anagram for "art".

Tracing the Origins of TraseOne – From Pioneering Singapore Street Artist to Designer of a Cultural Communityġ951 saw the birth of Xavier Prou, the man who would become one of the first graffiti artists in Paris and the originator of stencil graffiti art.

He said stenciling acts as a commentary on our culture of endless image reproduction by allowing artists to paint their images identically wherever they go. “We live in a culture filled with mass-produced images,” Blek explained. Xavier Prou) spoke amiably about his lifelong fascination with urban art, especially stenciling. “I want to bring a simulacrum of the street directly inside the gallery,” the artist said. The exhibition, titled “Art Is Not Peace but War,” features old and new work, including 15 black-and-white tableaux, a series of photographs (to see some, go to /blek) and an installation piece composed of a wooden fence that the artist will spray-paint with his trademark images. solo debut at Subliminal Projects Gallery.

On Saturday, the notorious art-world pest emerges from the corners in a belated U.S. To see his work, you had to either fly to Europe or catch an appearance in a handful of group shows. HIS work has influenced Banksy, Shepard Fairey and countless street artists, but French graffiti legend Blek le Rat has remained an elusive presence in this country.