Matthew Eller: So let me stop you quick, were you a graffiti fan at this point in your life? Did you come to New York to find graffiti or was it just a happy accident?īlek le Rat: At that time I was a student of architecture in Paris. At that time Taki 183 and everything was only in New York. When I was 20 years in 1972 I took a trip to New York City, and thats where I first discovered graffiti. I started to make graffiti in 1981 in Paris. For those who are not familiar with your work why don’t you tell them a bit about yourself?īlek le Rat: My name is Blek Le Rat. Blek currently has a Solo show on exhibition here and its a must see! So let’s get started with the basics. Notable compositions by Xavier Prou include Madonna with Child (Leipzig, 1991), and the Escaping Paris collection of lithographs (New York, 2014).Matthew Eller: I am currently at the beautiful West Chelsea Contemporary Gallery in NYC speaking with the living legend Blek le Rat. Prou's work typically depicts images of pop-culture or historical figures (sometimes including himself) in incongruous or surreal settings, painted in lively, vivid and eye-catching colors. Prou's painting can be characterized as 'guerilla-art' - emphasizing its unorthodox and underground nature, and he has worked with a variety of mediums throughout his career - such as spray-paint and stencils, canvas painting, photographs, and lithography. Notable compositions by Xavier Prou include Madonna with Child (Leipzig, 1991), and the Escaping Paris collection of lithographs (New York, 2014). ( Artist website) Read Less Artwork Copyright © Blek Le Rat
Xavier Prou is generally considered to be a pioneer and innovator of the street-art and graffitimovement, and is acknowledged by numerous contemporary artists as a major influence - with British artist Banksy notably stating his admiration for Prou's work. Educated at the prestigious Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he studied fine art and architecture, Prou was one of the first (following on from Gérard Zlotykamien) to create stencil paintings on public buildings in the French capital in the 1980s. 'Blek le Rat', otherwise known as Xavier Prou, is a French postmodern graffiti and public- space artist.
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