Item Information
Title: Interview with graffiti artists Lady Pink, Caine, Johnny and Wasp
Date: 1981 November 4
Physical Details: 1 sound cassette ; 1 hr., 32 min., 49 sec.
Description: Jack Stewart interviews graffiti artists named Lady Pink, Caine, Johnny, and Wasp. Conversation flows freely. Discussion includes recollections and stories about the artists' experiences, their lives and careers as graffiti artists, history of graffiti in New York City, and numerous other graffiti artists. Also discussed is fear, or lack thereof, being the difference between painting graffiti on trains versus on canvas. Conversation is supported by looking at photos. Notes copied from the tape: Caine, Johnny, Wasp. Interviewees are not introduced on the recording. Their naming relies on notes copied from the tape.
Creator: Stewart, Jack Thomas, 1926-2005
Forms part of: Jack Stewart papers, 1926-2010
Rights Statement: Current copyright status is undetermined
Citation Information: and Jack Thomas Stewart. Interview with graffiti artists Lady Pink, Caine, Johnny and Wasp, 1981 November 4. Jack Stewart papers, 1926-2010. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Availability: This item has been digitally reformatted. It is available by requesting an appointment in the Archives of American Art's reading rooms, or in certain situations as a Reproduction Request.
Digital ID: 26001