![]() ![]() Since then his work has proved to be more and more committed, denouncing for example the Iraq war in 2004, campaigning for Florence Aubenas in 2005 and raising awareness on the plight of the homeless in France. ![]() After this, in order to be quicker and avoid being re-arrested, the artist started pasting up pre-stencilled posters. In 1991, Blek le Rat was arrested for painting in the street. On New Year’s Eve in 1981, Blek painted a bunch of rats all around the Centre Georges Pompidou, a Modern and Contemporary Art Museum. The use of stencils, whether for depicting rats or life-size characters, allows him the opportunity for endless reproduction.īlek chose to paint rats because they symbolise the urban environment as well as the marginalizsd members of society. ![]() Throughout the 1980’s, Blek’s art developed from small pieces into life-size characters like the representation of famous Andy Warhol, Tom Waits, Jesus Christ and a portrait of Blek le Rat himself. He chose the pseudonym « Blek le Rat » in reference to an Italian comic book « Blek le Roc », using « rat » as an anagram for « art ». He started stenciling the walls of Paris in 1981 – when street painting had not yet become associated with criminal activity – spray-painting small black rats running along the walls of the fourteenth Arrondissement. He then went on studying architecture, learning the impact of space and the creative possibilities of the urban environment. When he came back to France with colourful graffiti images in mind, Blek enrolled at Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Paris to study etching, seriography and lithography. When Blek le Rat visited New York in 1972 this was the very first time he had ever seen graffiti in his life. He is often described as « the father of stencil graffiti ». Recognised as the pioneer of Paris street art, Blek le Rat (born Xavier Prou in 1952 in Paris) has been painting committed pieces in the streets since the early eighties. ![]()
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