John Yang:
And on this last weekend of Hispanic Heritage Month, the story of a graffiti artist to help bring the medium into the mainstream and along the way gave voice to Latina artists. It’s part of our series Hidden Histories.
These days, the works of Lady Pink are in the collections of big New York City art museums like The Whitney and The Metropolitan. But New York City subway cars were her first canvas. Lady Pink, also known as Sandra Favara, is called the First Lady of Graffiti. One of the pioneers in the male dominated 1970s and 80s graffiti art movement raising what was thought of as gang related vandalism into a serious art form.
Sandra Favara, First Lady of Graffiti: It is more than just the style, it’s a culture. It’s an entire culture. It’s an underground culture. It’s thousands and thousands of kids, everyone knows each other. It’s like family and the way you dress the way you talk the way you act the way you write. So, that’s all graffiti.
