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Wet Look New Super Hi-Gloss Enamel, Out-Of-Sight Orange, late 1970s: formerly owned by Lady Pink
Wet Look New Super Hi-Gloss Enamel, Out-Of-Sight Orange, late 1970s: formerly owned by Lady Pink

Wet Look New Super Hi-Gloss Enamel, Out-Of-Sight Orange, late 1970s: formerly owned by Lady Pink

Manufacturer New York Bronze Powder Co., Inc.
Datec. 1970
Mediumplastic; aluminum; aerosol
DimensionsOverall (HWD): 2 11/16 × 7 1/16 in. (6.826 × 17.939 cm)
Credit LineMoPOP permanent collection
Object number1999.910.10
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Street art and graffiti hold cultural significance in the way they help artists express their individuality and critique political, cultural, social, and economic issues, as a subculture with a message. Graffiti writers are highly knowledgeable about all varieties of spray paint.  Each brand of spray paint is known for particular qualities. The Wet Look brand of spray paint was thick, had some unusual and vivid colors and was harder to find in New York than other brands.  This can of late 1970s Out of Sight Orange was formerly owned by New York graffiti writer Lady Pink.

Lady Pink (Sandra Fabara, b. 1964), is an Ecuadorian-American graffiti and mural artist. Her career focused on using graffiti and murals as acts of rebellion, empowering women and self-expression. Lady Pink’s name was chosen for her aesthetics because the name “Pink” is feminine and she wanted other artists to know that she was a girl. She started calling herself Lady Pink because of her love of historical romances, England, the Victorian period, and the aristocracy. Lady Pink was nicknamed the "first lady of graffiti," because she was one of the first active women in the early 1980s New York City subway graffiti subculture.

 

Standard-sized spray-paint can with dried paint residue.
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Borden, Inc.
Date: c. 1970
Medium: plastic; aluminum; aerosol
Object number: 1999.910.15
Red Devil High Gloss Polyurethane Spray Enamel, Winter Green, mid-1970s: Formerly Owned by Lady Pink
Red Devil Paints & Chemicals, Div. of Insilco
Date: c. 1970
Medium: plastic; aluminum; aerosol
Object number: 1999.910.7
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Red Devil Paints & Chemicals, Div. of Insilco
Date: c. 1970
Medium: plastic; aluminum; aerosol
Object number: 1999.910.8
Epoxy Paint, High Gloss Azalea, mid-1970s: Formerly Owned by Lady Pink
National Can
Date: c. 1975
Medium: plastic; aluminum; aerosol
Object number: 1999.910.9
American Accents All Purpose Enamel Gloss Finish, Berry Red, early 1990s: formerly owned by Lady Pink
Rust-Oleum Corporation
Date: c. 1991
Medium: plastic; aluminum; aerosol
Object number: 1999.910.12
Red-Devil Spray Enamel, Gloss Black: Formerly Owned by Lady Pink
Red Devil Paints & Chemicals, Div. of Insilco
Date: c. 1972
Medium: plastic; aluminum; aerosol
Object number: 1999.910.3
Krylon Interior / Exterior Enamel, Harvest Gold, early 1980s: formerly owned by Lady Pink
Borden, Inc.
Date: c. 1980
Medium: plastic; aluminum; aerosol
Object number: 1999.910.17
Krylon interior / exterior spray enamel, Topaz Yellow (New Caterpillar), 1980s: formerly owned by Lady Pink
Borden, Inc.
Date: c. 1980
Medium: plastic; aluminum; aerosol
Object number: 1999.910.18
Krylon interior / exterior spray enamel, Jungle Green: formerly owned by Lady Pink
Borden, Inc.
Date: c. 1980
Medium: plastic; aluminum; aerosol
Object number: 1999.910.19
Painter's Touch multi-purpose paint, Apple Red Gloss, circa 1998: formerly owned by Lady Pink
Rust-Oleum Corporation
Date: c. 1998
Medium: plastic; aluminum; aerosol
Object number: 1999.910.14
Rust-Oleum, Orange, 1980: formerly owned by Lady Pink
Rust-Oleum Corporation
Date: c. 1980
Medium: plastic; aluminum; aerosol
Object number: 1999.910.13
Buntlack Graphic-Spray, Rotorange [Red Orange], early 1990s: formerly owned by Lady Pink
Marabuwerke
Date: c. 1990
Medium: plastic; aluminum; aerosol
Object number: 1999.910.21
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