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Blek le Rat is a French graffiti artist. View Blek le Rat’s 647 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. See ...
He started with rat stencils to emphasise his new name, which was a play on well-known 1960s comic character Blek le Roc ("rat is also an anagram of art"), but also because there was something ...
Parisian artist Xavier Prou, 59, pictured, who works under the name Blek le Rat, claims he invented the life-sized stencil technique that Banksy would later use to make his name.
Blek Le Rat exhibits at the Black Rat Press Gallery, London EC2, from 9 May, blackratpress.com, and stencils the side of the Michelin Building, London SW3 on 7 May, from 4pm ...
The Quin hotel welcomes Blek le Rat as its artist in residence this fall with an exhibit titled, "Blek le Rat | Escaping Paris." Curated by DK Johnston, the exhibit features 10 large-scale ...
Last week, Blek le Rat (a.k.a. Xavier Prou) spoke amiably about his lifelong fascination with urban art, especially stenciling. “We live in a culture filled with mass-produced images,” Blek ...
The piece of art by Le Rat (right in the image below) was not, though the building owners were fine with its presence. Le Rat, “one of the Godfathers of Stencil Art” who served as an inspiration for ...
Showing at Woodbury House in London is The Return of The Rat — the first UK exhibition by iconic French street artist Blek le Rat (born Xavier Prou) in over a decade. Having risen to prominence in the ...
Blek le Rat is on display at the Opera Gallery, 134 New Bond Street, W1s 2TF until 17 May. Entrance is free. For an excellent interview with Blek Le Rat, see the Independent.
The rat following “Haight Street Rat” is French street artist Blek le Rat, a pioneer in street art stenciling, and he will be in Waco this week to paint on six downtown buildings.