Crude
"I call it public art instead of graffiti because I like to incorporate every type of art that's on the street, as opposed to just letter graffiti."
-- ©rude
View Spark segment on ©rude. Original air date: July 2006. (Running Time: 2:24)
©rude is a tag artist whose mark is recognizable as an African mask, which was influenced by his research into outsider art as well as American folk art.
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