Blek le Rat, The man who walks through the walls: Prices and Value The man who walks through the walls was made in 2020 with a mixed media on canvas, measures 114x162 cm and is signed in original by the artist. From the first works in his hometown Paris to studio works, Blek le Rat is nowadays considered one of the pioneers of Street Art, imitated by subsequent generations of street artists. With Blek le Rat, stencil graffiti and street art become one in unmistakable works that perfectly fits the urban space. If the body comes from Buster Keaton (one of the artist's favorite actors), the meaning is closely related to street art and to the mission to spread art worldwide. He is a self-portrait of the artist: he is a man who travels, like a cosmopolitan migrant who "walks" through the walls on which he is represented from one city to another. The man is one of Blek le Rat's most iconic characters.
At the bottom center we find in gold the silhouette of a rat, distinctive mark of the artist. Unique work on canvas by Blek le Rat, The man who walks through the walls represents on a bright red background the figures (in black and white and made with stencils) of a sheep and a man holding two bulky bags. His pal Shepard Fairey, who designed President Obama's 'Hope' poster, has said of Prou: "Blek le Rat's stencils distill the essence of the human struggle into poetically concise images.Blek le Rat - The man who walks through the walls - Unique Work Several lithographs present violinists and ballet dancers, while he has also made a limited number of lithographs depicting President Obama. His latest exhibit riffs on a recurring theme of tango dancers, which he first painted in 1986.
"It’s very important to be in the street, but also very important for artists to show different work in the gallery." "Its absolutely incredible having a really good piece in the street - the day after it is complete thousands and thousands of people have seen it," Prou explained. The illegal nature of Prou's work and the growing legitimization of street art has led him to exhibit in galleries with greater frequency. (Prou started stenciling rats around Paris in 1981, when Banksy, whose identity is rumored but not confirmed, was reportedly just in grade school.) "Every time I think I've painted something slightly original, I find out that Blek le Rat has done it as well, only 20 years earlier," Banksy is widely quoted as saying.
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