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Crash

Crash (Born 1961) is active/lives in New York.  Crash is known for Mod imagery, graffiti, printmaker.

A contemporary of Keith Haring and a modern-day master of this present day art form of graffiti, Crash (John Matos) shoots his metaphorical arrows into art galleries, subway cars, and dizzying flashes across concrete walls.  His work is intended to be a statement in time and space that celebrates the movements and change of an ever changing world. His work is a direct descendant of the Roman wall-scribes, but he strives to evolve this inherited gift back to its simplest form: "tagging," leaving his name.  Great artists sign their names on the paintings they leave behind, in this new/old incarnation the artist leaves just his name.  A reduction of unadulterated form; or "refined" art.

Even in its newly evolved forms, far from its beginnings on subway cars, the message of graffiti has been "decorate this."

Artist Statement: From colorful faux wall paper, to Marvel Comics, this was my youth. New York in the 60's had a life all its own.  And being a child   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 8415 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

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