askART lists Blek Le Rat in 0 of its research Essays.īlek Le Rat has 8 artist signature examples available in our database. Galleries and art dealers listing works of art by Blek Le Rat as either 'Wanted' or 'For Sale' 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. His art is playful, political and often provocative. His main motivations are political and social consciousness and the desire to bring art to the people. He also stated the influence of New York's Richard Hamilton, who painted large-scale human figures in the 1980s. Blek le Rat (Xavier Prou), born in Paris in 1952, studied painting and architecture and was the first street artist to use the life-sized stencil.

?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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