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In this limited edition silkscreen print James Bates has taken the simple, iconic image of a violent weapon and broken it down into a microcosm of activity and imagery. The idea is that the closer you look, the more you see, and what you see is not always what you get. From such a simple image a whole society of abstracted creatures and map like worlds emerge. Within the cowboy style magnum gun a city like, patterned world of characters appears. The print is created by painstakingly drawing each individual shape and character, magnified hundreds of times. Bates’ use of metallic ink is important as it gives the print a unique precious metal like appearance.nbspClick these words to find similar printsSilk Screen Prints Limited Edition Contemporary ArtnbspBritish
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