Blek Le Rat

"The first time I saw graffiti in my life was in 1971 in NYC. It was a real shock to me and at the time no real information or explanation of what it was. It took me 10 years to digest the images and start doing my own. It seemed anachronistic to paint the French subway in NYC styles, because it looks so different. So, I came up with my own technique and remembered seeing a stenciled portrait of Mussolini amongst some WWII ruins during a trip to Italy and decided to start from that. I started in 1981 in Paris' 14th arrondissement. My first was a life size silhouette, like a shadow of a rat running along the streets."


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