{"title":"Crash","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn \"CRASH\" Matos began graffiti at a very young age on New York trains before practicing on canvas. In 1983, he joined the Sidney Janis gallery before making his entrance into the world's greatest collections from the \u003cstrong\u003eMOMA\u003c\/strong\u003e in New York to the \u003cstrong\u003eStedelijk Museum\u003c\/strong\u003e in Amsterdam. He appeared to the general public by co-producing the advertising campaign of Peter Stuyvesant with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKeith Haring\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe became known in France by participating in the exhibition 5\/5 Figuration Libre, France-USA at the Musée d'art Moderne de la Ville de Paris in 1984. This exhibition compared the work of artists such as Basquiat, Boisrond, Combas, Keith Harring, Tseng Kwong Chi, Di Rosa… and John Crash Matos.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1996, he painted five \u003cstrong\u003eEric Clapton\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eStratocaster\u003c\/em\u003e guitars, one of which went for $321,100. In July 2006, he exhibited at the \u003cstrong\u003eBrooklyn Museum\u003c\/strong\u003e. In 2007,  Secret Story used one of his pieces to create the \u003cem\u003eEye of the Franchise\u003c\/em\u003e. Since 2010, he has exhibited every year in France, particularly in Paris. He exhibited in Montpellier at the \u003cstrong\u003eAt Down Gallery\u003c\/strong\u003e for a solo exhibition from October 22 to November 22, 2015. 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In 1983, he joined the Sidney Janis gallery before making his entrance into the world's greatest collections from the \u003cstrong\u003eMOMA\u003c\/strong\u003e in New York to the \u003cstrong\u003eStedelijk Museum\u003c\/strong\u003e in Amsterdam. He appeared to the general public by co-producing the advertising campaign of Peter Stuyvesant with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKeith Haring\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe became known in France by participating in the exhibition 5\/5 Figuration Libre, France-USA at the \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eMusée d'art Moderne de la Ville de Paris\u003c\/span\u003e in 1984. 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In 1983, he joined the Sidney Janis gallery before making his entrance into the world's greatest collections from the \u003cstrong\u003eMOMA\u003c\/strong\u003e in New York to the \u003cstrong\u003eStedelijk Museum\u003c\/strong\u003e in Amsterdam. He appeared to the general public by co-producing the advertising campaign of Peter Stuyvesant with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKeith Haring\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe became known in France by participating in the exhibition 5\/5 Figuration Libre, France-USA at the Musée d'art Moderne de la Ville de Paris in 1984. 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