Blek Le Rat And Banksy

The pioneer of stencil graffiti and banksy s predecessor blek le rat began to spray 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 blek le rat.

Blek le rat and banksy. British graffiti artist banksy and blek have expressed mutual desire for collaboration. Lady in blue i banksy s graffiti 1. Blek le rat street art. This article is more than 5 years old. Up yours banksy blek le rat. It s this police dodging that s responsible for the popularity of stencils. Visit the post for more.

Xavier prou 59 who works under the name blek le rat invented the life sized stencil technique that banksy would later use to make his name. The 56 year old frenchman was stencilling city walls while banksy was getting to. They can be prepared at home take mere minutes to spray onto a wall and crucially you can achieve great results in. Rats 10 best images about blek le rat on pinterest street art graffiti street art love street art blek le rat exhibition 6. Whatever banksy s true feelings are towards this pioneer of the street art genre one thing is for sure and that is that the student has become the master. Initially he hung around a graffiti crew in bristol by the name of drybreadz crew or dbz. He has been very active in the graffiti scene since the early 1990s.

Save my name email and website in this browser for the next time i comment. Influence on and opinion of banksy. I have a half moon and a star this is the sign of my family says street artist blek le. Banksy now believed to be 38 was still at primary. In 2011 blek was seen adding to a mural begun the previous year by banksy in the mission district san francisco. Banksy began his graffiti art lifestyle by admiring the works of blek le rat and often recycling his old ideas. The similarities between these nocturnal residents and the graffiti artist are pronounced both of which are clever tough unwanted vermin of society.

However it can be assumed that banksy will not be lured by the luxuries and extravagences of the highest levels of the art world and will remember his humble beginnings. Banksy featuring blek le rat four awesome graffiti artists that aren t banksy artist interview.