User:Ortega.jose/GATS (Graffiti Against The System)

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GATS (Graffiti Against the System) new article content ... Gats, is a modern street artist who express his art by painting illegally on streets all over the country. Gats represents himself by painting his mask, in which an interview with “ Voice of Art” explains that the mask is a representation of the people because, when they have a mask on, it is the only way they are able to speak with out being prosecuted for whatever reason the police might arrest them for. GATS has been an important figure in representing undiscovered artist and the locals who feel they have been oppressed by the government. Professor Greg Niemeyer of New Media at UC Berkeley, express his thoughts about GATS in an interview with "Voice of Art", comparing GATS to Michael Angelo. The comparison that Niemeyer made between GATS and Michael Angelo was by sharing the similarities, and refers to GATS work as he would to Michael Angelo's work, Niemeyer's says "i refer GATS works to Michael Angelo's work, as a foundational artist who teaches us about seeing the world in a different way".1 GATS work can be seen all over the Bay Area and nationally (work being spotted all over the U.S) 2 What does he do? What Gats does is, painting illegally/legally, Printmaking, and wheat pasting. He paints what he feels is a representation of the people, for example during the riots caused but the Occupy movement is something that GATS highlighted in his paintings. Something that GATS dud during the time of the occupy movement in Oakland, CA was during the course of a time, he painted pieces of a poem created by Vocalist/personal friend of GATS, Roberto Miguel. GATS paints to expresses a certain amount of sympathy towards locals by writing controversial and political messages within his work. During the Oscar Grant shooting that left Oakland (and many parts of the Bay Area) damaged with the unjust punishment that the Oakland Police Officer received when he was convicted for Oscar Grant's death, also affected the artist GATS as he publicly painted his name next to his mask.3

Why does he do it? GATS main purpose (to my knowledge), for doing all of this is to express what he feels represents the 1% and the people who don’t have a “voice” due to the government and, their restrictions that they have put on people. During an interview with Voice of Art” he expressed that he paints the mask, because he is the voice of many people, and knowing that he gets a satisfaction from the responses of locals. And a voice he has been, during the course of this painting career he has changed street art locally and currently nationally, with the impact that he had made both politically (because of his messages behind his mask) and artistically. As GATS explains his purpose for painting his face or painting the four letters "GATS", he also explains that he feel that painting on the wall is the most effective way to send a message.1. GATS in the interview with "Voice of Art" tells that commiting the "crime" of graffiti is a federal offense, and now that he has already commited the offense, he'd rather get in trouble for multipule offense of graffiti rather than one; and i quote " Being charged with one graffiti crime is the same as being charged for 100 graffiti crimes because, the punishment is the same".1