Graffiti Artists of the Pioneering Period of Street Arts.(LADY PINK)

LADY PINK-Sandra Fabara



She is born in Ecuador, but raised in NYC. In 1979 she started writing graffiti and soon was well known as the most committed and enduring female writer of all time and can without question be labeled the most accomplished woman in the history of writing.

She fell in love with the adventure, the excitement, the thrill part of belonging to a great big culture in New York of graffiti.
-started by painting subway trains from the years 1979-1985.
-considered a cult figure in the hip-hop subculture since the release of the motion picture "Wild Style" in 1982, in which she had a starring role.

As a leading participant in the rise of graffit-based art, lady Pink's canvases have entered important art collections such as those of the Whitney Museum, the MET in New York City, the Brooklyn Museum and the Groningen Museum of Holland.

She established herself in the fine arts world, and her paintings are highly prized by collectors.

Then,she continues to mature as an artist, producing ambitious murals commissioned for businesses and creating new paintings on canvas that express her unique personal vision

Today she runs a small mural company with her artist husband Smith, creating massive works around New York City, constituting one of the few professional teams to originate from the graffiti subculture. Pink has mobilized artists into donating public art in culturally neglected communities.

"Real illegal graffiti is a very hard, scary, manual, labour-intensive, stressful kind of a job…You also have to have a criminal streak… And that field is not nearly as full of women as it is of guys. Artistic talent is optional. You gotta have the guts. It's hard, disgusting work. All for what? Very little glory, no profit? The guys do it to prove their machismo. They do it for themselves, for others, for the chicks. They get fame, they're outlaws—it's so appealing. There are not nearly as many benefits for females unless they need that kind of excitement for kicks."
Lady Pink

I think most of lady pink's works deal with sexual and political issues. Her works tend to be more feminine and sexual and often has the theme of romance or fantasy.