Blek le Rat

Blek le Rat (real name is Xavier Prou) is the Godfather of Stencil Graffiti from France. He came to Cleveland in 2022 for the first time and installed 4 public pieces - Juggler, Man Who Walks Through Walls, Ballerina, and Tug of War, as well as a priceless one of a kind collaborative piece with TAKI 183. Interestingly, while Blek and Taki have known each other for over 50 years, they had actually never met in person! The piece they created together is called ‘Napolean’.

These pieces of art can be found in various locations throughout Cleveland

Older man with gray hair, wearing a blue button-down shirt with sleeves rolled up, blue jeans, and a brown belt, standing against an orange brick wall with a mural of a rat holding a stick. The rat has a black and white spotted pattern and a long tail, painted above the man's head.

Artist
Xavier Prou

aka Blek Le Rat

Year
2022

Close-up of a person cleaning or applying white mortar to a brick wall with a small tool.

Street art mural of a person juggling on a brick wall, painted in black and white with three balls in the air.

Street art of a ballerina painted on a brick wall, with black and white colors, in a dance pose, with one arm raised and one leg straight.

A colorful mural on a brick wall depicts children playing tug-of-war with a rat, with one child and the rat standing on the ground and the other children pulling the rope from the left. A man in a blue shirt and jeans is standing with his hands in his pockets, leaning against the wall near the mural, and looking at the rat.

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