Item Information
Title: TV program with graffiti artists Crash and Futuro2000 and Conversation with graffiti artists including Lady Pink, Vinny, T-168 and Daze
Date: 1981?
Physical Details: 1 sound cassette ; 1 hr., 31 min., 54 sec.
Description: Side 01 begins with audio of an undated TV program on WABC about attitudes toward graffiti in New York City. Program includes interviews with graffiti artists named Johnny aka Crash, Lenny aka Futuro2000, and Lady Pink. Rest of Side 01 and Side 02 recording is a group of graffiti artists including Pink, Vinny, T-168 and Daze visiting Jack Stewart's home on December 22, 1981. Conversation flows freely, is social in nature, and topics include recollections and stories about making graffiti, other graffiti artists, the styles, designs and themes of graffiti, and history of graffiti in New York City. Notes copied from the tape: Graffiti Group, Pink, Vinny, T-168, Daze. 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. TV program with graffiti artists Crash and Futuro2000 and Conversation with graffiti artists including Lady Pink, Vinny, T-168 and Daze, 1981?. 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: 26000