form01
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Blek le Rat at BRP, by form01 on Apr 29, 2008 14:50:20 GMT 1, Blek le Rat โGetting Through The Wallsโ
Considered to be the father of stencil street art, Blek Le Rat (aka Xavier Prou) has had a profound influence on todayโs current crop of street artists. Almost all of whom arrived a whole generation after Blek started hitting the streets of Paris back in the early eighties. Banksy is on record as saying that, โEvery time I think Iโve painted something slightly original, I find out that Blek LeRat has done it as well. Only twenty years earlierโฆโ
Indeed, it was Blekโs silhouette stencil of a rat (an image Banksy was later to adopt for Bristol and London) as early as 1981 that broke away from the graffiti political slogans and injected it with a fresh new language of political art. Blek has always used his art as both a democratic means of bringing the gallery walls to the people and to change the way we interact with the urban spaces around us. This is essentially the blueprint street artists the world over are still reading from today.
In recognition of this Thames & Hudson have published a beautifully produced retrospective book entitled, Blek Le Rat: Getting Through the Walls. To celebrate the book launch the Black Rat gallery is staging the largest Blek exhibition to date.
The show will feature many new works as well as iconic images tracing the history of Blekโs career, along with a number of prints โ available from the gallery on the night. Invites will be sent out in the next few days.
And to whet your appeitite you can pre-order a copy of Getting Through the Walls here: www.thamesandhudson.com/en/1/9780500287354.mxs
Doors open 6pm, Thursday, May 8th.
See you there,
BRP
Blek le Rat โGetting Through The Wallsโ Considered to be the father of stencil street art, Blek Le Rat (aka Xavier Prou) has had a profound influence on todayโs current crop of street artists. Almost all of whom arrived a whole generation after Blek started hitting the streets of Paris back in the early eighties. Banksy is on record as saying that, โEvery time I think Iโve painted something slightly original, I find out that Blek LeRat has done it as well. Only twenty years earlierโฆโ Indeed, it was Blekโs silhouette stencil of a rat (an image Banksy was later to adopt for Bristol and London) as early as 1981 that broke away from the graffiti political slogans and injected it with a fresh new language of political art. Blek has always used his art as both a democratic means of bringing the gallery walls to the people and to change the way we interact with the urban spaces around us. This is essentially the blueprint street artists the world over are still reading from today. In recognition of this Thames & Hudson have published a beautifully produced retrospective book entitled, Blek Le Rat: Getting Through the Walls. To celebrate the book launch the Black Rat gallery is staging the largest Blek exhibition to date. The show will feature many new works as well as iconic images tracing the history of Blekโs career, along with a number of prints โ available from the gallery on the night. Invites will be sent out in the next few days. And to whet your appeitite you can pre-order a copy of Getting Through the Walls here: www.thamesandhudson.com/en/1/9780500287354.mxs Doors open 6pm, Thursday, May 8th. See you there, BRP
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form01
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Blek le Rat at BRP, by form01 on Apr 29, 2008 14:59:29 GMT 1, There are so many shows in a small space of time
There are so many shows in a small space of time
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GD303uk
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Blek le Rat at BRP, by GD303uk on Apr 29, 2008 15:02:38 GMT 1, ordered mine( Getting Through the Walls) you can find a good deal ยฃ7 at a famous online book store, cant wait to get it. the show should be good i liked the rat canvass like the one insight got earlier this year, very nice.
ordered mine( Getting Through the Walls) you can find a good deal ยฃ7 at a famous online book store, cant wait to get it. the show should be good i liked the rat canvass like the one insight got earlier this year, very nice.
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atomone
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Blek le Rat at BRP, by atomone on Apr 29, 2008 15:39:19 GMT 1, Was at BRP yesterday and they were unloading a trolley load of new Blek works on canvas!! should be yet another good show!!
Was at BRP yesterday and they were unloading a trolley load of new Blek works on canvas!! should be yet another good show!!
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oneeye
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Blek le Rat at BRP, by oneeye on Apr 29, 2008 16:46:24 GMT 1, Been dying to get a Blek on canvas. Are there any for sale?
Been dying to get a Blek on canvas. Are there any for sale?
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Blek le Rat at BRP, by bobbymeachamjr on Apr 29, 2008 17:06:09 GMT 1, way too many shows - whats this now - 3 blek shows in last 3-4 months? Peoples excitement span for an artist is quite finnicky to begin with.
way too many shows - whats this now - 3 blek shows in last 3-4 months? Peoples excitement span for an artist is quite finnicky to begin with.
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