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Showing at Woodbury House in London is The Return of The Rat — the first UK exhibition by iconic French street artist Blek le Rat (born Xavier Prou) in over a decade. Having risen to prominence in the ...
Blek le Rat is a French graffiti artist. He uses stencils and spray paint to create wall paintings, using photographic sources and juxtaposition to convey provocative and politically controversial ...
Blek le Rat is known to many as the godfather of street art and to the French as its grandfather. But having honed his craft for more than 30 years, the spry 61-year-old, whose real name is Xavier ...
It may look like the work of the secretive Briton who's hot property across the globe but this is actually by the French street artist Blek le Rat. And he's been bringing his brand of politicised ...
The Quin hotel welcomes Blek le Rat as its artist in residence this fall with an exhibit titled, "Blek le Rat | Escaping Paris." Curated by DK Johnston, the exhibit features 10 large-scale ...
Blek le Rat, Godfather of stencil art and one of the greatest Parisian graffiti writers, presents a series of all new work from November 19, 2011 at San Francisco's 941 Geary.The exhibition, 60/30 ...
We suggest checking out Blek’s book for some of those original ideas. Blek le Rat is published by Thames & Hudson on May 12 (£11.95). A Blek le Rat exhibition also opens at the Thru Cargo Garden, Arch ...
This Saturday, the new space's first exhibition features Parisian stencil and street art pioneer, Blek le Rat, who is an influence on street art favorite -- Banksy.
Before Banksy and Shepard Fairey there was Blek le Rat. The French street artist is quite possibly the first person to use stencils for graffiti, a style he pioneered to veer away from the NY city ...
HIS work has influenced Banksy, Shepard Fairey and countless street artists, but French graffiti legend Blek le Rat has remained an elusive presence in this country.
The rat following “Haight Street Rat” is French street artist Blek le Rat, a pioneer in street art stenciling, and he will be in Waco this week to paint on six downtown buildings.
Blek le Rat is a French graffiti artist. He uses stencils and spray paint to create wall paintings, using photographic sources and juxtaposition to convey provocative and politically controversial ...