The common subject in Ben Quilty’s artworks reveals his insight into the destructive nature of youth masculinity, but also reflects the present day Australian male youths in society. Quilty’s series of oil painting creation “The crash” (2009) enables him to express his understanding of his own turbulent passage through his middle and late teenage years as well as his early 20s. In early stages, Quilty’s painting mainly explores the transition of manhood shown in his work “Cullen-before and after”, mortality and objects that appeal to male youths such as classic Aussie muscle cars. In “The crash” Quilty rather than focus in intact cars, he paints cars that have become crashed wrecks smashed-out on large canvas freely in bold, thick, rich strokes