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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 ...

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Blek le Rat, the godfather of stencil graffiti, lives in France but last week completed the largest mural of his life, in Houston, at the age of 69. “Last Tango,” a black and white image of ballet ...

Today, French street artist Blek le Rat painted this mural in Bushwick, New York, and we got a chance to check out the work as he was putting it up. Blek le Rat's piece features a dog wearing a ...

“There’s no city without graffiti,” stated Blek Le Rat, the French artist who is arguably the godfather of stencil art. Heavily influenced by the New York City graffiti artists of the 1970s, Blek took ...

Blek le Rat is 60 years old. He's been a functioning artist half his life, never taking a break from a pioneering career that has seen the Frenchman help make stencil graffiti a true phenomenon. With ...

Born in Paris in 1951, Blek le Rat first discovered graffiti in New York in the early ’70s and, a decade later, became one of the first graffiti artists in Paris. He is also credited as the first to ...

An introduction to Blek le Rat / King Adz -- Adventureland -- Early stencils -- Rats -- Pochoir : Old Irish man ; Tom Waits ; Running man ; Greek lady ; Woman from Bangladesh ; Andy Warhol ; Russian ...

West Chelsea Contemporary will present the return of the gallery’s popular street art-centric exhibit, "Street Kings: Blek Le Rat + Risk.” The show highlights two graffiti masters, each who have ...

West Chelsea Contemporary will present their newest exhibit, “Street Kings: Risk + Blek Le Rat." The show highlights two graffiti masters, each who have catalyzed the movement within their respective ...