Lot 27
BLEK LE RAT (FRENCH, B. 1951) §
COMPUTER HEAD
Auction: 24 April 2009 at 12:00 BST
£3,750
Description
Stencil on paper cut-out mounted on chip wood panel.
Dimensions
186cm high (73.25in)
Footnote
This work is an original stencilled paste-up which appeared on a now demolished wall in Southwark near Tate Modern in 2007. It is illustrated in Thames & Hudson's book, 'Blek le Rat, Gettting Through the Walls', published by in 2008, page 120.
The image of a computer headed man developed in 1991 when the artist was in New York and saw a man walking down the street with a cardboard television over his head. This was later morphed into a computer since these play such an important part of Blek le Rat's life and artistic practice.