CRASH picked up his first can of spray paint in 1974 at the age of 13. The Bronx native, born John Matos, was only halfway through middle school when he began creating full-scale burners on New York City's subway trains. He credits his early attraction to the bold colors of graffiti to his Puerto Rican roots. "I think the fact that most Puerto Ricans are very eccentric -- we love color, we love movement, and graffiti actually is that. It's movement. It's a nice mesh," he says.His art took on new...
CRASH picked up his first can of spray paint in 1974 at the age of 13. The Bronx native, born John Matos, was only halfway through middle school when he began creating full-scale burners on New York City's subway trains. He credits his early attraction to the bold colors of graffiti to his Puerto Rican roots. "I think the fact that most Puerto Ricans are very eccentric -- we love color, we love movement, and graffiti actually is that. It's movement. It's a nice mesh," he says.His art took on new...
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