The Last Day of Your Life

This work is yet another masterpiece by one of the most enigmatic street artists of the last 40 years. Expertly juxtaposing the present, past and future in his haunting, trademark style; the ever present rat in the foreground placed against a backdrop of shades of blue. A seemingly dystopian figure, gas mask donned, musket on shoulder-- leaves the viewer wondering if the piece is a nod to the past or a window into the future -- it is this stark, brutally honest perspective that makes Xavier Prou a modern master. The work is from an Extremely low edition of only fifty five works . While many of Blek’s works are on the small side, that is not the case with ”The last day of your life” . This is a large scale, hand pulled screen print with all of the artist’s stylistic trademarks. Blek Le Rat began stenciling rats around Paris, France, in the 1970s. As time progressed he traveled to other major metropolitan areas in Europe , The United States an