He is a grand master of street art and considered by many to be the originator of stencil graffiti. He set the stage for an artistic revolution through years of absolute obscurity.īlek Le Rat (Xavier Prou) was born in Paris in 1951. ![]() ![]() Despite the enormous role he played in 1980s and 1990s street art, Blek le Rat has kept a relatively low profile throughout most of his career to avoid prison time and fines. When French police revealed his birth name after arresting him in 1991, he has been arrested and harassed by police in the US, Argentina and the UK. ![]() Blek le Rat worked consistently through the 1990s and 2000s.
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