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You should ask Banksy what he thinks about me."īlek's illegal work has continued to appear throughout new cities. Blek is quoted as saying, "I don't care about Banksy. Indeed there has been talk within the art world of a rivalry between the two and Banksy has been accused by some of outright plagiarism. Blek is particularly famous for his full scale human character stencils and many consider him the inventor of stencils in street art.Īlthough Blek created street art before Banksy, he has not had the same mainstream success as Banksy. From that moment on, his main body of work has been carried out using pre-stencilled posters for speedier application to walls lessening the likelihood of being caught in the act. The police put two and two together which equalled the arrest of Blek. He describes the rat as an ideal subject, "because they create fear, they are synonymous with invasion and they are the only wild animals (apart from) pigeons that live in the city." Blek Le Rat began spreading his message in 1981, painting stencils of rats on the streets of Paris.īlek's identity was revealed to French authorities in 1991 while stencilling a replica of Caravaggio's Madonna and Child. His pseudonym, Blek Le Rat, originates from a childhood cartoon "Blek le Roc", using "rat" as an anagram for "art".

Tracing the Origins of TraseOne – From Pioneering Singapore Street Artist to Designer of a Cultural Communityġ951 saw the birth of Xavier Prou, the man who would become one of the first graffiti artists in Paris and the originator of stencil graffiti art.

In many ways, Banksy also uses the symbol of the rat as a way of aligning himself with the wretched and the underdogs whom he often speaks about or on behalf of in his works. “If you are dirty, insignificant, and unloved, then rats are the ultimate role model.”

Instead, it seems he prefers monkeys for his original and editioned canvases. Given the relative importance of rats in the artist’s iconography and symbolism, Banksy has done a surprisingly few number of originals with them as the main protagonists. Banksy also realized numerous prints on paper in 2004, featuring various of his iconic rat characters. In terms of artistic output, Banksy has realized many murals featuring rats – mostly in England, and they tend to be smaller pieces.