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Buntlack Graphic-Spray, Rotorange [Red Orange], early 1990s: formerly owned by Lady Pink
Buntlack Graphic-Spray, Rotorange [Red Orange], early 1990s: formerly owned by Lady Pink

Buntlack Graphic-Spray, Rotorange [Red Orange], early 1990s: formerly owned by Lady Pink

Manufacturer Marabuwerke
Datec. 1990
Mediumplastic; aluminum; aerosol
DimensionsOverall (HWD): 6 1/4 × 2 11/16 in. (15.875 × 6.826 cm)
Credit LineMoPOP permanent collection
Object number1999.910.21
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As the quality of their favorite brands of American spray paint declined and became thinner, graffiti writers tried other brands and developed some European favorites.  In the opinion of internationally famous graffiti writers Lee and Lady Pink, Malabu Buntalck is comparable to the old Red Devil spray paint of the early 1970s.  In other words, Malabu Buntlack is the king of European spray paint.

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
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Medium: plastic; aluminum; aerosol
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Medium: plastic; aluminum; aerosol
Object number: 1999.910.15
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Object number: 1999.910.20
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Date: c. 1991
Medium: plastic; aluminum; aerosol
Object number: 1999.910.16
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True Colors
Date: c. 1990
Medium: plastic; aluminum; aerosol
Object number: 1999.910.23
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Red Devil Paints & Chemicals, Div. of Insilco
Date: c. 1970
Medium: plastic; aluminum; aerosol
Object number: 1999.910.7
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Date: c. 1972
Medium: plastic; aluminum; aerosol
Object number: 1999.910.3
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Date: c. 1970
Medium: plastic; aluminum; aerosol
Object number: 1999.910.10
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