Watch: Above x Blek Le Rat x White Walls Preview Video

After more than 12 years activity in the streets around the world, Above was persuaded by fellow artist Blek Le Rat to slow down long enough to make a duo show. White Walls gallery (835 Larkin SF, CA) will house Transitions, Above’s first ever indoor show on May 1. This video is a sneak preview of the show.

“Over three decades ago, Blek le Rat was a young French artist painting his portrait around Paris in pursuit of fame. He now stands unchallenged as the grandfather of stencil art, a medium pioneered by Blek and carried on by all subsequent generations. In the past few months, Blek le Rat’s studio has swelled with 16 paintings ranging from 24 x 30 inches to 78 x 51 inches, three print editions, and ten photograph editions. These works are currently en route from France to our own gallery in San Francisco, where both Blek le Rat’s Faces in the Mirror and Above’s Transitions will be shown on May 1, 2010. Take a look at what’s to come with this short video shot by Blek le Rat and his wife, Sybille Prou. Look out for the infamous rat stencil, Blek drawing an androgynous ballerina, the iconic sheep, a redefined Mona Lisa, and a red, white, and blue rat.” (source: White Walls)

Both shows will be on display through June 5, 2010.

side note: Banksy has been quoted as saying, “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 ….”

“Migration” by Blek le Rat

posted by: Harold Johns III