NEW YORK (1010 WINS) – Graffiti art is more than just spray paint on a wall. It’s a reflection of the artist, their identity, their time, and their place. Lady Pink, an inspiring artist in New York City’s graffiti scene, knows this better than anyone.
“The same way that we can identify fashion or architecture,” Lady Pink told 1010 WINS. “You can date it by the decade and such and, and, and region, the same thing like a dialect and an accent.”
Born in Ecuador and raised in New York City, Lady Pink began her graffiti career in 1979, quickly becoming a standout in the male-dominated subculture.
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Known for her bold and unmistakable tag, Lady Pink’s graffiti was a signature of her roots and identity. “Well, you know it—my tag. When I put it up there, it says Queens, it says 1980s, and it says that I’m a female,” she said.
From jumping fences to sneaking into train yards late at night, Lady Pink’s path was far from easy. “I had to travel with a knife and start cleaning my fingernails,” she said. “So a little skinny girl cleaning her fingernails in the middle of the night in the subway. Gotta be crazy.”
But it was that same passion that earned her a starring role in the 1982 motion picture “Wild Style,” a cult classic that helped cement her place in the graffiti and hip-hop subcultures.
From there, Lady Pink turned her art into a lifelong career, transitioning from subway trains to some of the world’s most prestigious art galleries and museums. Her work has found a home in the collections of the Whitney Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art, among others.
Photo credit Lady Pink
Today, she continues to create new work and shares her expertise with younger generations through mural workshops and college lectures.
For more about Lady Pink, listen to her interview above with anchor Kevin Rincon.
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