Venue: West Chelsea Contemporary – 231 10TH AVE.Oil might be one of the most conventional modes of investment, however, figures by S&P GSCI between 2010 to 2020 show the average annual return on crude oil dropping by 10.48%. Blek Le Rat will run from August 18 through September 15 at West Chelsea Contemporary’s New York gallery.

His canvases offer a glimpse into an artistic practice that is diverse in subject, unique in vision, and masterful in technique. Over the course of his forty-year career, Blek Le Rat’s thoughtful and provocative imagery has appeared in city streets across the world. Pioneering the movement of stencil graffiti, Blek has influenced generations of street artists around the world, including the infamous Banksy who has claimed “Every time I think I’ve painted something slightly original, I find out that Blek Le Rat has done it too, only Blek did it twenty years earlier.” As the discourse has evolved and street art has been lauded as a pivotal movement in the history of art, Blek Le Rat has been recognized as inextricably tied to this legacy. It is only in recent years that graffiti and street art have become regarded as a valid form of fine art both in the eyes of the established art world and the public alike. A decade later, Blek drew on his degree in printmaking and his appreciation for urban art, integrating the ethos of graffiti with the practicality and refinement of stencil-based design. Marking his first trip back to the US in over 5 years, this will be Blek’s first solo exhibition in New York City, and will feature his newest body of work, which presents two dozen works on canvas employing some of the artist’s most well-known imagery.īlek was first introduced to graffiti in 1971 during a trip to New York City and was inspired to bring the style back to Paris.

A pioneer of international street art and dubbed the “Father of stencil graffiti,” Blek Le Rat has a prolific practice that spans over four decades and four continents. Beginning on August 18, West Chelsea Contemporary is proud to present its newest exhibition, Blek Le Rat.

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