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Ordering directly from this site will help fund the creation of the upcoming “Sister” tarot. Order your signed borderless deck + exclusive bonus artist card: $30 usd Already have the deck? Surrealism and Visionary art. Street art. Blek le Rat: This is not a Banksy - Features, Art. Now, with auction houses aflutter at the prospect of bagging a work by the elusive Bristolian, and Brad Pitt among those eagerly queuing to pay tens of thousands of pounds for a piece, even the most entrenched critics are being forced to re-evaluate their position on the subject of that formerly dirty word.
Late last year a grainy photo of a crouched figure in front of a wall filled news pages and news channels alike, below the headline: "Is This Banksy? " Such is the hype surrounding the shadow that creeps in the night, that Banksy – in his absence – has been crowned the Daddy of anti-Establishment street art.
Yet, if Banksy is indeed the Daddy of politically-conscious graffiti, let me introduce the Godfather, Blek Le Rat. The 56-year-old Frenchman was stencilling city walls while Banksy was getting to grips with crayons. Motivated by social consciousness and a desire to bring the art to the people, Blek Le Rat's political agenda is clear.