The history of art, however, can also represent a brake for a young artist, who may feel crushed by the geniuses of painting, but Blek managed to find his own voice. Blek Le Rat, history of art and museums – a complicated relationship His travels and his admiration for the art of the past can therefore help us to get to know this artist better. “īlek Le Rat has repeatedly stated that we are the fruit of our time, of the experiences we have lived and of what we have seen.

Once an adult, Blek returned to Italy several times and in 1987 even stayed for some time at the Institut Français in Naples, leaving traces of his passage on the walls of the city.Īrt has always been at home in the Prou family: “In my house there were paintings everywhere, because everyone in my family (my two uncles, my aunt, my paternal grandfather) used to paint, there was the smell of turpentine everywhere. From an early age his parents, passionate about art, took the young Xavier on vacation in Italy, for long walks in the cities and in the corridors of museums. If we know something of its story it is not difficult to understand why. In his walls and in his gallery pieces we find the protagonists of Western art history: Michelangelo’s David, Leonardo’s Mona Lisa, Caravaggio’s Angel of “The rest during the flight into Egypt”, Guido Reni’s San Michele Arcangelo…īlek Le Rat’s imagery: David, Mona Lisa and other charactersīlek’s imagination is permeated with the works of the great masters and a special place is occupied by modern Italian painters. Just look at his works and you will have proof. While it is quite unlikely to meet rats in museums, it is much less likely to meet their creator Xavier Prou - aka Blek Le Rat – who is a regular visitor. We all know that is forbidden to bring food and weapons into museums, even if they shoot flowers. Can you imagine Blek Le Rat‘s (Parigi, 1951) rats wandering around Louvre’s rooms with their rifles and baguettes under their arms? They would certainly be kicked out quickly.

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