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John Matos Crash

Hurricane (Diptych)

2003

Spray can on canvas

183 × 60 cm

Unique

Location: Bruxelles, Belgium

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6,720 € 6720.0 EUR 6,720 €

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About the artwork

Retaining his graffiti style and spray paint cans, but leaving the street behind, Crash presents us with a diptych on canvas. The close-up composition shows the severed face of a human figure. This piece of face is surrounded by blue hair that produces a whirlwind of wind or water, projecting the viewer into a fantastical world. As usual, Crash draws his inspiration from the world of comic books, choosing explosive colors and characters with vivid expressions. This diptych is part of a series of paintings with the same title, featuring characters immersed in a watery world.

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This brightly colored, energetic diptych is representative of Crash's work. Between references to comic books and graffiti, the artist offers here a canvas version of his famous street gesture.

About the artist

Born in 1961 in the Bronx, Crash, real name John Matos, is an urban artist. Passionate about and inspired by pop art and comic books, Crash works with bright colors in an advertising-like manner. In collaboration with Keith Haring, he lent his style to the Peter Stuyvesant campaign. Starting out as a graffiti artist on New York trains at a very early age, he gradually drifted towards canvas and then joined a number of galleries. His work was presented at the Sidney Janis gallery in 1983, when he was just 22. In France, he made a name for himself a year later when he took part in the 5/5 Figuration Libre, France-USA exhibition at the Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris. Quickly becoming a major protagonist of urban art, his work is exhibited in major museums such as New York's MOMA and Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum.

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