Blek le Rat

Blek le Rat is Xavier Prou. He was one of the first graffiti artists in Paris, and has been described as the "Father of stencil graffiti".

Xavier Prou was born on 15 November 1951 in Boulogne-Billancourt in the western suburbs of Paris.

Early career and influence
Blek began his artwork in 1981, painting stencils of rats on the walls of Parisian streets. He described the rat as "the only free animal in the city",Reiss, Jon. Blek le Rat . Swindle, Issue 11. Retrieved 28 March 2011. and one which "spreads the plague everywhere, just like street art".Blek Le Rat interview . UK Street Art. 29 July 2008. Retrieved 29 March 2011. His name comes from the comic book Blek le Roc, using "rat" as an anagram for "art".

Related pages
Banksy

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Category:Living people
Category:1952 births
Category:Artists from Paris
Category:Graffiti artists
Category:People from Boulogne-Billancourt