The process of stenciling involves applying paint across a stencil to form an image on a surface below. The design is cut out and the image is transferred to a surface through the use of paint or spray paint.

He created a range of images of homeless people, which depict them standing, sitting or laying on sidewalks, in attempts to bring attention to what he views as a global problem.Ī stencil is made from paper, cardboard, or other media to create an image or text that can easily be reproduced. He has had a great influence on today's graffiti art and 'urban art' movement he wants to bring Art to the people. Now he stencils posters and then puts the posters up around Paris so that he can apply his Art to walls more quickly so there is less chance of him getting caught!! His name originates from a childhood cartoon 'Blek le Roc', using 'rat' as an anagram for 'art'.īlek is credited with being the inventor of the life-sized stencil, as well as the first to transform stencil from basic lettering into pictoral art.īlek's identity was revealed to French authorities in 1991 when he was arrested while stenciling. He began his artwork in 1981, painting stencils of rats on the street walls of Paris, describing the rat as 'the only free animal in the city', and one which 'spreads the plague everywhere, just like street art'.

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