![]() ![]() Where you can see it: Paris, Berlin, London, New York, Florence, Los Angeles, California and Mexico, just to name a few. Blek is credited with being the inventor of the life-sized stencil and the first to transform stencils from basic lettering into pictorial art. Blek initially painted stencils of rats on the walls and described the rat as ‘the only free animal in the city’. ![]() His posters of kidnapped French journalist Florence Aubenas helped raised public awareness of her situation, pressuring politicians and journalists to work harder for her release. Blek le Rat began creating works from 1981, using the Paris streets as his canvas of choice. In recent years Blek’s work has become more political, focusing on the homeless, the environment, and other social causes. His work served as one of the inspirations for artists like Banksy and Space Invader. In 1985, he was on the first meeting of the graffiti and urban art movement in France, with Speedy Graphito, Kim Prisu, Miss Tic, SP 38, Epsylon Point, Jef Aérosol, Futura 2000, Nuklé-Art and Banlieue-Banlieue. Find the latest shows, biography, and artworks for sale by Blek le Rat. You are free: to share to copy, distribute and transmit the work to remix to adapt the work Under the following conditions: attribution You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. 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. View Blek le Rat’s 565 artworks on artnet. His name originates from the comic book Blek le Roc, using rat as an anagram for art. He described the rat as the only free animal in the city and one which spreads the plague everywhere, just like street art. His name originates from the comic book Blek le Roc, using “rat” as an anagram for “art”. Blek began his artwork in 1981, painting hundreds of rats on the walls of Paris. He described the rat as “the only free animal in the city” and one which “spreads the plague everywhere, just like street art”. ![]() He was born on 15 November 1952 in Boulogne-Billancourt in the western suburbs of Paris.īlek began his artwork in 1981, painting hundreds of rats on the walls of Paris. About: Pioneering French graffiti, Blek Le Rat was one of the first true street artists, often described as the “Father of stencil graffiti”. ![]()
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