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Krylon Interior / Exterior Paint, White, late 1990s: formerly owned by Lady Pink
Krylon Interior / Exterior Paint, White, late 1990s: formerly owned by Lady Pink

Krylon Interior / Exterior Paint, White, late 1990s: formerly owned by Lady Pink

Manufacturer Sherwin-Williams Consumer Group
Datec. 1991
Mediumplastic; aluminum; aerosol
DimensionsOverall (HWD): 7 1/16 × 2 5/8 in. (17.939 × 6.668 cm)
Credit Line©1991 Krylon®. © renewed in 1998 by Krylon®.,MoPOP permanent collection
Object number1999.910.16
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Graffiti writers are highly knowledgeable about all varieties of spray paint.  Graffiti writer Lady Pink describes Krylon as the “workhorse of the 1980s.”  The quality of the paint was good, and the color selection was great.  Although favored in the 1980s, by the 1990s Krylon had fallen out of favor because it had become thin and watered down.  To this day, however, Krylon offers a great color selection. 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.

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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Medium: plastic; aluminum; aerosol
Object number: 1999.910.17
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Medium: plastic; aluminum; aerosol
Object number: 1999.910.18
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Medium: plastic; aluminum; aerosol
Object number: 1999.910.19
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Medium: plastic; aluminum; aerosol
Object number: 1999.910.8
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Belton
Date: c. 1990
Medium: plastic; aluminum; aerosol
Object number: 1999.910.6
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True Colors
Date: c. 1990
Medium: plastic; aluminum; aerosol
Object number: 1999.910.23
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
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Date: c. 1990
Medium: plastic; aluminum; aerosol
Object number: 1999.910.21
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SparVar
Date: c. 1990
Medium: plastic; aluminum; aerosol
Object number: 1999.910.24