{"product_id":"you-killed-me-first-from-despair-to-where-richey-manic","title":"You Killed Me First - From Despair to Where (Richey Manic)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMade exclusively for The Art Hound Gallery's Exhibition\u003cem\u003e Come As You Are\u003c\/em\u003e July 2026 \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMixed media collage on wood panel, matte and gloss finish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnique work 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 16 x 20 inches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSigned and Titled Verso\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCollage work is mounted on wood with hand painted gloss and matte finishing- this work does not require framing for display, but can be framed to enhance the piece.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThis work is free to be shipped unframed within the UK and standard shipping price for the rest of the world. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Work:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn 1992, while living in Los Angeles, I saw a photograph of the Manic Street Preachers for the first time.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003eI had long hair, played in a buttrock band, and thought I had a clear sense of who I was. Then I saw Richey Edwards and the band's sharp, deliberate image.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003eOvernight, I felt completely out of date. It was one of those moments when a photograph becomes more than a photograph—it becomes a mirror, reflecting back a version of yourself you hadn't yet recognized.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis piece explores the idea that we are never just one person. The torn layers reveal two faces occupying the same space: the self we present to the world and the self we carry within.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003eSometimes those versions align and we feel whole. Other times they fracture, pulling in different directions, leaving us struggling to reconcile who we are with who we want to be.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRichey Edwards embodied many of those contradictions—confidence and vulnerability, beauty and despair, certainty and doubt.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe title, From Despair to Where, borrowed from the Manic Street Preachers song, speaks to that journey between fragmentation and clarity, between losing yourself and finding your way back.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConstructed from layered collage on wood panel and finished with contrasting matte and gloss surfaces, the work emphasizes these shifting identities.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe tears, seams, and textures are not meant to hide the divide, but to make it visible.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e(Shawn Gaitlin AKA You Killed Me First, July 2026)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff9900;\"\u003eYOU KILLED ME FIRST \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou Killed Me First is the tag name of American street artist, Shawn Gatlin. His works appear in the streets of Las Vegas and Los Angeles where he is based, and are a celebration of Pop, Punk and Counterculture in all its forms.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou Killed Me First’s signature style of ripped images collaged together is a labour intensive process - finding and matching celebrity portraits with their younger selves or cool contemporaries, to appear as the same piece, then creating the work as both a digital and physical collage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese works appear both in the street as paste ups harking back to the iconic ripped posters of the French ‘decollage’ technique of the Nouveau Realisme Modern Art movement as well as a teenage bedroom wall. He also creates experimental original canvas collaged pieces hand made with resins, glitters and glosses for collectors.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlongside his paste ups, You Killed Me First’s street art has included a ‘Lost Bottle Project’ which takes discarded beer and wine bottles from the streets of Las Vegas, cleans and re-labels them with bold statements, and then returns them to the streets to be found again. He is also the only known street artist to have sneaked a work into the hallowed domain of Disneyland - the Haunted Mansion lawn became home to one of his odes to the famous ride.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Art Hound is proud to bring You Killed Me First to the UK exclusively to our gallery.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"you killed me first","offers":[{"title":"Framed","offer_id":57697416085886,"sku":null,"price":1000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Unframed","offer_id":57697416118654,"sku":null,"price":750.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1716\/4839\/files\/IMG_0651.jpg?v=1784291403","url":"https:\/\/thearthoundgallery.com\/products\/you-killed-me-first-from-despair-to-where-richey-manic","provider":"The Art Hound Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}