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Gats. Cracked. Edition Size: 100. 12 x 18 Inches 2-Color Letterpress Print on 290gsm Coventry Rag Vellum Paper. $ 75.00. Based on the West Coast, Gats is a multi-talented, internationally known artist, recently recognized by the East Bay Express as Best Street Artist in 2013. Working mainly at night, his work saturates the Bay Area. "This piece is part of a series of fourteen 11"x 17" illustrations that all share a similar boarder of text. I then used the same boarded in a 18"x24" illustration and a 60' x 15' mural. I'm planning on showing all the originals together at a gallery, but I want to release the prints first. I like using text as cross hatching in my pieces so that from a distance it appears as shading and bolder shapes, but when you look at it close you can decipher more elaborate symbolism. Like most of my work, "Cracked" has to do with duality. In this piece my ought self slowly crumbles as my ideal self becomes free." - Gats.