

Crash (John Matos), a Bronx-born graffiti artist, is a major figure in the spray can revolution.
Biography
Crash (John Matos) is a graffiti artist born in the Bronx on October 11, 1961. He is one of the major protagonists of the ?spray can (R)evolution?.
He starts to do graffiti while he is still very young, on the New York trains, before passing to canvas.
He joins the Sidney Janis Gallery in 1983. His works are acquired by the most important collections in the world, from the MoMA in New Yorks to the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.
The public gets to know him when he co-produces, with Keith Haring, the Peter Stuyvesant advertising campaign. In France, he achieves fame after taking part in the 5/5 Figuration Libre exhibition France-USA at the Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris in 1984. This exhibition featured the work of artists such as Basquiat, Boisrond, Combas, Keith Harring, Tseng Kwong Chi, Di Rosa... and John Matos Crash.
His style is close to comics, he uses flamboyant colors that remind us of the world of advertising and his works assert themselves as pure producs of the contemporary world. He is following the Pop Art lineage perfectly and raises again the so-called subculture to the status of ?high art?.
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Untitled (Arrows)
John Matos Crash
Sculpture - 85.1 x 36.8 x 29.2 cm Sculpture - 33.5 x 14.5 x 11.5 inch
$7,500

Sans titre
John Matos Crash
Fine Art Drawings - 36 x 26.6 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.2 x 10.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,409



The Revisionist (édition)
John Matos Crash
Print - 65 x 50 x 5 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 2 inch
$1,804










Untitled
John Matos Crash
Painting - 105.41 x 220.98 x 2.54 cm Painting - 41.5 x 87 x 1 inch
$28,000

Clockin (Rare Signed Screen Print)
John Matos Crash
Print - 61 x 61 x 0.3 cm Print - 24 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$2,000 $1,500

(Subway Series)
John Matos Crash
Painting - 81 x 122 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 48 x 0.6 inch
$12,000

Local 1 (Subway Series)
John Matos Crash
Painting - 81 x 122 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 48 x 0.6 inch
$13,995


Untitled (Eye)
John Matos Crash
Sculpture - 88.9 x 47 x 35.6 cm Sculpture - 35 x 18.5 x 14 inch
$7,500


Fantastic 4
John Matos Crash
Painting - 142.24 x 142.24 x 2 cm Painting - 56 x 56 x 0.8 inch
$14,500






Untitled (Original Painting on Metal)
John Matos Crash
Painting - 71.8 x 63.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 28.25 x 25 x 1 inch
$12,500 $6,250

Untitled (Original Painting on Metal)
John Matos Crash
Painting - 71.1 x 63.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 28 x 25 x 1 inch
$12,500 $6,250

From Down Under (Graffiti Painting)
John Matos Crash
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
$12,500 $6,250

A Message from Marli (Graffiti Painting)
John Matos Crash
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 1 inch
$10,000 $7,500

Star Tropper 2 (Graffiti Painting)
John Matos Crash
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 91.4 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 36 inch
$12,500 $6,250

Honey Bee (Graffiti Painting)
John Matos Crash
Painting - 61 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 24 x 1 inch
$9,500 $4,750

Left Over Lover (Graffiti Painting)
John Matos Crash
Painting - 61 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 24 x 1 inch
$9,500 $4,750

II (Graffiti Painting) (1) (1)
John Matos Crash
Painting - 61 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 24 x 1 inch
$9,500 $4,750

II (Graffiti Painting) (1)
John Matos Crash
Painting - 61 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 24 x 1 inch
$9,500 $4,750

Camo Licious 3 (Graffiti Painting)
John Matos Crash
Painting - 61 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 24 x 1 inch
$9,500 $4,750

Hello Kitty (Part 1 & 2)
John Matos Crash
Painting - 129.5 x 157.5 x 2.54 cm Painting - 51 x 62 x 1 inch
$22,500




Amazing Stories (original watercolor painting)
John Matos Crash
Painting - 30.5 x 55.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12 x 22 x 0.1 inch
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