LADY PINK - 15 Years Above Ground Print
LADY PINK Print - Celebrating 15 Years Above Ground 1995, hand signed and numbered.
LADY PINK. Screenprint in colors on wove paper from 1995, #94/10014 x 11 in. (35.56 x 27.94 cm.) Signed and numbered in pencil Verso.
This portfolio of serigraphs was created in conjunction with a show of the same name commemorating the 1980's boom of Graffiti artists. Both the show and portfolio feature works by the seven prominent graffiti artists that had evolved... Co published by The Hobbs gallery in 1995.
About the Artist
Lady Pink
Lady Pink was born in Ecuador, but raised in NYC. In 1979 she started writing graffiti and soon was well known as the only female capable of competing with the boys in the graffiti subculture. Pink painted subway trains from the years 1979-1985. She is 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 .At the age of 21 had her first solo show at the Moore College of Art. As a leading participant in the rise of graffiti-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 has established herself in the fine arts world, and her paintings are highly prized by collectors.