In fact, it often seems that street artists rising in popularity look to Blek for a nod of approval. Most within the global street art community fondly address Blek as the ' original stencil pioneer', ' The old man of street art', or the ' modern street art messiah'. some call him ' the man who gave birth to Banksy.', others - ' the grandfather of street art'.

You should submit an article and share your views as a guest author by clicking here.īlek le Rat ' No Comment', Strasbourg 1987īlek le Rat(Xavier Prou) has been described in many ways. He has been published in Hi Fructose Magazine, Illinois Times, and other publications, and linked to by publications such as The Huffington Post, The Boston Globe, Juxtapoz Magazine, Deutsche Bank ArtMag, ARTLURKER, Myartspace, Blabbermouth, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Modern Art Obsession, Citizen LA, Shark Forum, Two Coats of Paint and Art Fag City. Brian Sherwin is an art critic, blogger, curator, artist and writer based near Chicago, Illinois.

This article is by Brian Sherwin, regular contributing writer for FineArtViews.

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