![]() ![]() ![]() I began to spray some small rats in the streets of Paris because rats are the only wild living animals in cities and only rats will survive when the human race will have disappeared and died out. ![]() A massive influence on today’s graffiti and guerrilla art. ![]() Considered by many to be the originator of stencil graffiti, Blek has been adorning the streets of Paris with his hugely original and intelligent artwork since the early eighties. His artist’s 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. I wanted to have my own style in the street. The Godfather of Graffiti Art, Blek Le Rat (or Xavier Prou to his mother) was born in Paris in 1951. Blek started to paint stencils of rats on the walls of Paris street in the early 1980’s. I did not want to imitate the American graffiti that I had seen in NYC in 1971 during a journey I had done over there. “ During 1981 to 1983 at the beginning of the stencil graffiti art I had the idea to use stencil to make graffiti for one reason. A massive influence on today’s graffiti and guerrilla art movements, Blek’s arresting images have a timeless, universal appeal that go beyond underground street art. His now famous rats began to pop up and get noticed by Paris inhabitants, he described his rats as the only free animal. Xavier Prou began creating his signature stencil art on the streets of Paris around 1981. Considered by many to be the originator of stencil graffiti, Blek has been adorning the streets of Paris with his hugely original and intelligent artwork since the early eighties. Blek Le Rat was born Xavier Prou in Boulogne-Billancourt that is in the western suburbs of Paris, France around the year 1951 / 52. The “Godfather” of Graffiti Art, Blek Le Rat (or Xavier Prou to his mother) was born in Paris in 1951. “ Every time I think I’ve painted something slightly original, I find out that Blek Le Rat has done it as well. ![]()
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