Styled by the Sunday Times as “the rat who gave birth to Banksy”, his social and political works have been a major influence on many of today’s ‘guerrilla art’ movements. The Frenchman Blek le Rat and the British artist Banksy have achieved. 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. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. Hypnagogia is a two-space exhibition, featuring installation work and originals on found objects, as well as outdoor work across east London.īorn in 1951, Parisian artist Blek Le Rat is widely considered the grand master of street and the originator of stencil graffiti. Read this article to find out about the history of street art and hear from both. Blek le Rat, born Xavier Prou in Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris in 1951, was one of the first graffiti artists in Paris, and the originator of stencil graffiti art. Blek le Rat (FR) photos and movies ©©2002-2020 Happy Feet Design, San Francisco, CA, USA. ROA has become famous for painting animals on derelict buildings, shutters and walls all over the world and was also included in The Museum of Contemporary Arts’ exhibition ' Art In The Streets' in LA. The Old Truman Brewery, 91 Brick Lane, E1 6QLīelgium artist ROA is renowned for his unique portrayal of large-scale urban wildlife, disquietly cohabiting city streets, hand painted in his distinctive black and white style. Presented by NO way and Rudi Khalastchi, Crazy Eye Hotel is a large scale, site specific installation of mixed media offering viewers the chance to explore the vitality and spirit of Israeli street art. The gilded bronze piece depicts Michelangelo’s David holding a rifle, and is based on a stencil that Blek. The exhibit features a series of works on canvas as well as one bronze, marking the first time the artist has worked in sculpture. New West End Company BRANDPOST | PAID CONTENT Ignorance is Bliss is Le Rat’s largest body of work to date and his second solo exhibit at the Gallery.
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