All over the world – in Europe, America or Australia, he paints the young beggar to challenge the authorities, because “sometimes”, he says, “images have more impact than reality. That same year, he began the series of beggars to tackle the problems of the homeless. This event was a pivotal moment because “I became aware of my strength and my responsibility as an artist working in the public space“. Blek le Rat - Subliminal Projects (10).jpg 1,280 × 1,100 244 KB. four colour screen print signed and limited edition of 250 published in 2007 by Black Rat Press 73,5×53,4cm. Blek le Rat - Sleeping man.jpg 1,024 × 768 545 KB. Blek le Rat - Mother and child.jpg 960 × 1,280 167 KB. He pastes up hundreds of posters with the effigy of the journalist Florence Aubenas, kidnapped in Iraq, in order to call for the support of the media and political actors. Media in category 'Blek le Rat' The following 30 files are in this category, out of 30 total. In the mid-2000s, his work took on a more political aspect. “I would like to bring the characters out of museums to return them to the people of the city“. In a desire to bring the people of the city closer to art, he quotes the great classics such as Caravaggio, Michelangelo, Reni or Leonardo da Vinci. All Audio This Just In Grateful Dead Netlabels Old Time Radio 78 RPMs and Cylinder Recordings Top. Produced by: Maria Gracia Turgeon, Habib Attia. His works often represent solitary individuals that can be encountered in the urban space – women, children, old people and all kinds of contemporary characters. He was one of the first graffiti artists in Paris,& by all accounts the main influence on Banksy. He 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.īlek, who has influenced generations of urban artists around the world, boasts a subtle social commitment and considers his images as a gift he gives to the city. In 1983, Blek began painting human-sized stencils. The Man Who Walks Through Walls, Madonna & The Begger) - Blek Le Rat. The Last Tango à Paris Tom Waits The man Who Walks Through Walls Recent Lots by Blek Le Rat. The rat, the anagram of the word ART, is for Blek « the only animal that will survive the apocalypse ». BLEK LE RAT: SIGNED LIMITED EDITION 'ROPE PULLING' PRINT ,2016 Screenprint on paper 27 x 34.5 inches 22.5 x 30 inches. His first stencils were small black rats that he made run along the walls of Paris. But when he began to paint in the street in 1981 in Paris, he chose the stencil that had a more latin style which he felt was better suited to the architecture of Paris. Blek le Rat, born Xavier Prou in Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris in 1951, was one of the very first graffiti artists in Paris, and is considered the originator of stencil movement.ĭuring a trip to the United States in 1971, he discovered the first graffiti in NYC which intrigued and impressed him deeply.
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