Blek Le Rat: Ratical, Vertical Gallery Installation View

Blek Le Rat: Ratical

WHY? GLAD YOU ASKED!

[quote]Born Xavier Prou, in Paris, France in the early 1950s, the founder of the original stencil movement has graffitied walls across the globe, inspiring hundreds if not thousands of other artists, including the elusive Britton, Banksy himself. Forcing critics and the world to re-evaluate anti-Establishment street art, he pioneered stencil graffiti and brought underground art culture into the spotlight, which is where the “rat” reference takes its origin, which is also wittingly used as an anagram for “art.” The exhibition is very appropriately titled “Ratical.”[/quote]

 

Blek Le Rat: Ratical, Vertical Gallery

Blek Le Rat: Ratical, Vertical Gallery

Blek Le Rat: Ratical, Vertical Gallery

Blek Le Rat: Ratical, Vertical Gallery

Blek Le Rat: Ratical, Vertical Gallery

Blek Le Rat: Ratical, Vertical Gallery

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An art critic and pop culture journalist with a BA in English Lit, a MA in Media and another in Art Journalism. Believes in fierce creativity and the beauty of being weird. She’s all about gallery hopping. Writes better with wine.