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author: Jan Brennenstuhl
categories:
- Street Art
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  alt: Blek Le Rat Stencil Pioneer, Documentary
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date: '2012-06-16T19:56:40Z'
description: French artist Blek Le Rat is the true stencil art pioneer. This video documentary features him, his story and his street artwork. Watch now!
tags:
- Documentary Film
- Blek Le Rat
- Stencil Art
- Street Art Europe
title: Blek Le Rat Stencil Pioneer, Documentary
url: https://www.urbanartcore.com/blek-le-rat-stencil-pioneer-documentary/
---

# Blek Le Rat Stencil Pioneer, Documentary

The *Street Knowledge Agency*, representers of author and content auteur King Adz, recently uploaded a half-hourly documentary about stencil art pioneer **Blek Le Rat**, whose 20 years old *Madonna* street artwork in Leipzig lately [got preserved](/german-city-starts-preserving-street-art/)!

As [Crackajack.de](http://www.crackajack.de/2012/06/05/doku-blek-le-rat-original-stencil-artist/) mentioned, it’s probably the video from the outsold [*Blek Le Rat - Original Stencil Pioneer*](http://shop.gestalten.com/blek-le-rat-85.html) DVD by Gestalten. If anyone knows whether this is true, I would be pleased about a short comment...

*Street art has evolved and every major stencil artist today, most famously Banksy, have been influenced by Blek’s unique style. Bansky claims, "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..."*

It’s worth watching! For [more about stencil art](/stencil/), check out our archives.