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Blek le Rat
French graffiti artist (born 1952)
Blek le Rat (pronounced[blɛkləʁa]; born Xavier Prou,[1] 1952)[2] is a French graffiti artist.
He was one of the first graffiti artists in Paris, and has been described as the "Father of stencil graffiti".[3]
Early life
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 Paris streets. He described the rat as "the only free animal in the city",[4] and one which "spreads the plague everywhere, just like street art".[5] His name originates from the comic bookBlek le Roc, using "rat" as an anagram for "art".[3]
Initially influenced by the early graffiti-art of New York City after a visit in 1971, he chose a style which he felt better suited Paris, due to the differing architecture of the two cities.[4&#