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Based on photos from a photo booth, it comprises a set of self-portraits showing Aerosol making funny faces. Jef Aérosol's first graffiti series appeared in Tours in 1982.

Translating as "Done Quickly, Done Well", the book's title sums up the punk spirit that characterised the early stencilists. Back in 1986, he created the cover artwork for "Vite Fait, Bien Fait", the very first book on the subject of street art, or rather, on the culture of rebellion that the art form represents. Together with fellow pochoirists like Blek le Rat and Miss Tic, he pioneered the stencilling technique so frequently replicated in the UrbanArt of today. That doesnt mean he has stopped the street art, he regularly hits the streets for a bout of tagging before exhibitions.Jean-François Perroy, alias Jef Aérosol, is an original member of the French pochoir movement. In the past decade Blek's popularity has become more mainstream and in 2006 he started showing his work in galleries throughout the world. "I love to work in places I don't know because these locations allow me to get in touch with a new atmosphere, new lights and new people." You should ask Banksy what he thinks about me."īlek's illegal work has continued to appear throughout new cities. Blek is quoted as saying, "I don't care about Banksy. Indeed there has been talk within the art world of a rivalry between the two and Banksy has been accused by some of outright plagiarism. Blek is particularly famous for his full scale human character stencils and many consider him the inventor of stencils in street art.Īlthough Blek created street art before Banksy, he has not had the same mainstream success as Banksy. From that moment on, his main body of work has been carried out using pre-stencilled posters for speedier application to walls lessening the likelihood of being caught in the act.

The police put two and two together which equalled the arrest of Blek. He describes the rat as an ideal subject, "because they create fear, they are synonymous with invasion and they are the only wild animals (apart from) pigeons that live in the city." Blek Le Rat began spreading his message in 1981, painting stencils of rats on the streets of Paris.īlek's identity was revealed to French authorities in 1991 while stencilling a replica of Caravaggio's Madonna and Child. His pseudonym, Blek Le Rat, originates from a childhood cartoon "Blek le Roc", using "rat" as an anagram for "art".