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Blek Le Rat: The Pioneer of Paris Street Art and the Stencil Movement

Rope Pulling by Blek Le Rat 1. The Remarkable Story of Blek Le Rat’s Origins Blek le Rat, born Xavier Prou in 1952, first encountered graffiti during a trip to New York City in 1972. Inspired by what he saw, he returned to France and enrolled at the École des Beaux-Arts de Paris, where he studied etching, seriography, and lithography. He later studied architecture, learning about the creative possibilities of urban environments. In 1981, he began stenciling the walls of Paris with […]

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