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Blek Le RatBLEK LE RAT The Man Who Walks Through Walls (Special Edition Box Set)2008
2008
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Wonderful Special Edition of Blek Le Rat The Man Who Walks Through Walls.
Comes complete with Screenprint, custom box and Blek Le Rat’s book, Getting Through The Walls.
Self portrait by Blek Le Rat carrying bag of stencils with the USA flag.
Limited edition of only 300.
Released in 2008.
Hand signed by Blek Le Rat on bottom right of print and numbered on bottom left.
3 color screen print on 300 GSM Archival Lennox Art Paper.
Limited edition box with hand stamped gold foil rat.
Box is made with FiberMarks Black Elegant Touché cover paper in matte finish. Has a very smooth touch finish.
128 Page Softcover book printed in colors with 300 illustrations.
Certificate of Authenticity issued by our gallery included.
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Invader, KAWS, Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Blek Le Rat, Cleon Peterson, Futura, Dran, Blu, Faile, Haring, Kunstasen, Mr. Brainwash, Zedsy, Swoon, D*Face, Koons, Contemporary Art, Graffiti, Hirst.
- Creator:Blek Le Rat (1951, French)
- Creation Year:2008
- Dimensions:Height: 10.2 in (25.91 cm)Width: 13.4 in (34.04 cm)
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- Condition:Excellent condition. May have very light handling marks if any present at all. Book is new unread. Box and print have never been displayed.
- Gallery Location:Englishtown, NJ
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1624213467712
Blek Le Rat
Born in 1951, Xavier Prou (better known as Blek Le Rat), was one of the first graffiti artists in Paris, and is the founder of the international stencil art movement. During a trip to the United States in 1971, Blek was introduced to the ‘wild style’ graffiti prevalent in New York City, which left a lasting impression on him. Inspired by what he saw in New York, Blek began painting the streets of Paris in 1981, choosing a different technique – the stencil – as more appropriate for the French architecture. Blek’s first stencils were black rats, seen to be running along the walls throughout the centre of Paris. The rat, also an anagram for ‘art’, is in Blek’s mind “the only animal to survive the apocalypse“. In 1983 Blek began to paint life-size stencils, which alongside his rats, have become his trademark and have influenced generations of street artists around the world. Blek considers his images as gifts to the cities of the world, raising awareness of social issues. His heroes are solitary individuals crossing through the urban space – women, children, the elderly and other contemporary figures in an urban city. Dedicated to the idea of bringing art to the people, Blek often quotes the old masters like Caravaggio, Michelangelo, Guido Reni and Leonardo da Vinci. “I want the characters of the paintings to walk out of the museums to give them back to the people of the city” he says. In the mid 2000s, Blek’s work evolved to become more overtly political. Following the kidnapping of French journalist Florence Aubenas in Iraq, Blek pasted hundreds of prints of her image around Paris. Her portrait appeared everywhere, from her work place at Libération, next to cafés and offices of major newspapers. This activation aimed to attract the attention of the media and politicians to raise awareness of her situation. This body of work was a defining moment for Blek, who says, “I became aware of my power and responsibilty as an artist working in the public space“. That same year, Blek began a series portraying beggars on the street, aiming to shed light on the issue of homelessness. Blek paints the same portrait of a young beggar around the world, from Europe, to the United States to Australia, to challenge authorities, because “sometimes images have a bigger impact than reality“.
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