Lady Pink: A Feminist Analysis

Graffiti and other street art are mostly male-dominated and people assume that the work is done by males alone. However, this assumption is based off the fact that women are under-represented when it comes to graffiti and other street art. There are a lot more women in this industry than we are led to believe. Graffiti is vandalism so there is so much anonymity in the street art world and if there are females, some take male tag names in order to gain respect. In the two articles, the authors write about a graffiti artist who create art that includes a feminist message. In “Gender Justice of Graffiti Artist Panmela Castro”, Anarkia, Castro’s tag name, is a street artist in Brazil. She challenges the male dominated street world with her artwork …show more content…
The author starts by giving an example of a work of art that Lady Pink created a mural that brought the issue of gay-basing in he United States. Lady Pink creates art that is political because it addresses issues of rape, prostitution, overpopulation and homophobia. She enjoys making surreal images, but presents a feminist message. However, she enjoyed the rush of creating artwork in subway stations, however, males were still dominating the art world. She balanced school and being a part of an underground graffiti gang in which she was the only female. However, she dared to defy the world that was deemed to be a man’s world. Painting subway cars were considered dangerous and was illegal, so the risk of being caught was high which apparently only men could do. Lady Pink talked about how the boys were weary and resistant to bring her along to the train yards because she was a female. So being a female meant she would cry, scream or they would have to protect her from others artists or police. However, being a graffiti artist meant that everything had to be planned accordingly because they had a certain amount of time to finish the art without getting seen or heard. The author’s main point is that a female can make it in the graffiti world, but they will have to realize that there is violence in the graffiti world. Also, that female graffiti artists can make it to exhibitions and galleries just like men and in Lady Pink’s case make their art into a successful business that can show substance and meaning and conveys views of