His pal Shepard Fairey, who designed President Obama's 'Hope' poster, has said of Prou: "Blek le Rat's stencils distill the essence of the human struggle into poetically concise images. ![]() Several lithographs present violinists and ballet dancers, while he has also made a limited number of lithographs depicting President Obama. His latest exhibit riffs on a recurring theme of tango dancers, which he first painted in 1986. No profit should be made from the content of this site. "It’s very important to be in the street, but also very important for artists to show different work in the gallery." These stencil photos are free to link, download, share, and enjoy, except where copyright is given. "Its absolutely incredible having a really good piece in the street - the day after it is complete thousands and thousands of people have seen it," Prou explained. The illegal nature of Prou's work and the growing legitimization of street art has led him to exhibit in galleries with greater frequency. Blek is credited with being the inventor of the life-sized stencil and the first to transform stencils from basic lettering into pictorial art.Today’s graffiti art around the world. ![]() Blek initially painted stencils of rats on the walls and described the rat as ‘the only free animal in the city’. (Prou started stenciling rats around Paris in 1981, when Banksy, whose identity is rumored but not confirmed, was reportedly just in grade school.) Blek le Rat began creating works from 1981, using the Paris streets as his canvas of choice. "Every time I think I've painted something slightly original, I find out that Blek le Rat has done it as well, only 20 years earlier," Banksy is widely quoted as saying.
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