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Blek Le Rat In Melbourne

Blek Le Rat In Melbourne

Without Blek Le Rat, there would be no Banksy!

Do yourselves a favor and head to Hosier Lane to check out Blek’s latest work. Not sure if he’s painted anywhere else in the city, but for any fellow photogs – you really need to get a shot of this.

He isn’t regarded as the godfather of stencil art for nothing.

Says Banksy, "every time I think I’ve painted something slightly original, I find out that Blek Le Rat has done it as well, only twenty years earlier."

Check out the Blek Le Rat show at the Metro Gallery. December 2 to December 24.

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Graffiti Godfather Makes Mark In Melbourne

Graffiti Godfather Makes Mark In Melbourne.
His disciples call him ”the godfather” of stencil graffiti, but for 58-year-old Parisian-born Blek le Rat – who takes his name from the small black rodents he painted around Paris some 30 years ago – it’s a term of endearment rather than a title implying omnipotence.

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