Born John Matos in 1961, CRASH is a celebrated graffiti artist. In 1996, he made 5 custom guitars for Eric Clapton. Three were used in Clapton’s 2001 tour known as “Crashocasters”. His work is in theses permanent museum collections:
Boca Raton Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art
NYC Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, AZ
Museum of the City of New York, NYC
Flint Institute, Flint, MI
Groniger Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands
Museum Boymans-van Beuninger, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
CRASH Untitled, Brown Eye, 2019 Enamel on canvas 20 x 20 inches; 50.8 x 50.8 cm Signed and dated on verso
CRASH Untitled, (R) Collaboration with Remi Rough 2013 Enamel on canvas 12 x 12 inches; 30.5 x 30.5 cm Signed and dated on verso by John Crash Matos
CRASH Untitled, (A) Collaboration with Remi Rough 2013 Enamel on canvas 12 x 12 inches; 30.5 x 30.5 cm Signed and dated on verso by John Crash Matos
CRASH Not You Again!, 1996 Screenprint on metal 35-.125 x 20.125 inches (89.2 x 51.1 cm) Edition 1/1 Signed and dated lower right Inscribed on reverse: 1/1 sm proof
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CRASH Dick Tracy II, 1988 Watercolor on paper 42.5 x 29.5 inches; 107.95 x 74.93 cm Signed CRASH ’88 LL