Blek le Rat, the Godfather of stencil art, is having an opening at White Walls this Saturday at 7pm (warning PDF).  There have been a few comments on UP/AL that have claimed that all the stuff that went up around the city the other week was not all Banksy but actually Blek le Rat.  Eh, I’m not qualified to make that call but it’s definitely interesting timing.

Anyways, SaffronSicko offers a solid preview:

Come all you Hippies, Trippy’s & Beaubippies. Calling all Hipsters, No Shifters & Culture Sifters. Listen up Bohemians, Fauxhemians & Banksy Maniacs. The Godfather is Here & Now.
Blek Le Rat will be showing at the White Walls this coming Saturday night May 1st from 7-11p. So head on down to Myrtle & Larkin for some fun and Street Ed. British graffiti artist Banksy has acknowledged Blek’s influence saying “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.”  (link)

Sidenote, has fauxhemian officially replaced “Cool Kid” as the new word to describe a hipster?

Anyway, be sure to check out SaffronSicko’s preview of the show on flickr.