Blek le Rat "60/30" in SF, by pcant on Nov 10, 2011 11:50:24 GMT 1, If this has already been posted, I do apologize, didn't see anything so here goes:

Blek le Rat will have a show, "60/30," at 941 Geary gallery in San Francisco. Show opens Saturday, Nov. 19 and runs through Jan. 7, 2012.

The 60/30 is a reference to his 60th birthday and 30 years of work. The show promises to be "a new collection of works by Blek le Rat, the French artist credited as the Godfather of stencil art. The exhibition will be the largest show Blek has put on, and one of the most historically significant the street art community has seen," according to the press release.

More from the press release: "With no special theme, 60/30 intends to be a remastered compilation of thirty years of the art and life of Blek le Rat. The mostly larger canvases (although there will be a few smaller formats as well) talk about the people, art and events that have shaped Blek’s life. One such event is the student riots of May 1968, referenced in a large painting depicting the horse students had brought to the University of Nanterre, a political event that impressed the then 16 year old Blek. The works in the exhibition depict a variety of street arts from tango dancers to street musicians, as well as rats (the anagram of art) and ordinary people from the streets of San Francisco, the city which impressed him from his first visit in the early 70s and welcomed him like no other city in the world. Also included will be collaborations with UK-artist Hush, editions of newly published Blek le Rat: The 30 Year Anniversary Retrospective and of course the show wouldn’t be complete without canvases referring to his family and the old masters: revisited versions of da Vinci’s Last Supper, Veronese’s Wedding At Cana or the now iconic David with Kalashnikoff inspired by Michelangelo."