![]() ![]() Blek Le Rat | Art and artworksĭavid avec AK-47 is a work that encompasses a universe of characters, from the most iconic of Blek’s work – such as the David – to the rarest, such as the woman with the iPhone. All around are scraps of coloured paper from newspapers and magazines. On the upper portion of our palissade we find a collage with two putti, one smiling and the other clinging to a column with his chubby legs. Intorno strappi di carte colorate, tratti da giornali e riviste. Sulla porzione superiore della nostra palissade troviamo infine un collage con due putti, uno sorridente e l’altro aggrappato ad una colonna con le sue gambe paffutelle. Her mouth is wide open, and she is holding an iPhone – is she looking at something on her smartphone? Blek Le Rat | Collage of putti Moving to the right, we encounter another character covered by a large drapery that looks like something out of an ancient painting. Blek Le Rat has redesigned him with his stencils and put a Kalashnikov in his arms.Ī powerful and communicative image, especially if we think that David avec AK-47 was presented for the first time on Propaganda (2016), Blek Le Rat’s solo exhibition in Milan. Who does not know Michelangelo’s David? A star of art history and the protagonist of our artwork. In 1983 Blek began to paint life-size stencils, which alongside his rats, have become his trademark and have influenced generations of street artists around. His name originates from the comic book Blek le Roc, using 'rat' as an anagram for 'art'. Let’s discover together all the subjects represented in this work! 1. Blek began his artwork in 1981, painting stencils of rats on the walls of Paris streets. Imagine the white-painted wooden fence of a typical American house and you will understand what we are talking about. The work is made sur palissade, literally “on a palisade”. In this article we are going to discover a special work by Blek Le Rat, David AK-47!
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