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Explore the digital and physical artworks of Keith Haring, a pioneer of street art and pop culture. See his iconic graffiti-inspired paintings, murals, sculptures, and more.
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Learn about Keith Haring, a pop art icon who created abstract, stylized figures and patterns in bright colors. Explore his paintings, drawings, murals, and public art projects that reflected his social and political views.
- American
- May 4, 1958
- Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
- February 16, 1990
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Keith Haring joined a long but sporadic lineage of 20th-century artists who brought elements of popular culture, "low art" and non-art elements into the formerly exclusive "high art" spaces of museums and galleries. He drew on the techniques and locales of street-based art such as graffiti and murals, employed bright and artificial colors, and kept...
Haring's deceptively simple imagery and text provided poignant and cutting cultural commentary on issues including AIDS, drug addiction, illicit love, and apartheid. As both an artist and an activi...Haring's commitment to clean lines and simple images gave new life to figuration in painting, in contrast to the more abstract and conceptual approaches of the previous generation, and the more exp...Haring provided proof of the possibilities of using public sites that were not usually dedicated to art to share artistic and political messages to multiple audiences. He lent street art credibilit...Childhood
Keith Haring was born on May 4, 1958 in Reading, Pennsylvania, but grew up in nearby Kutztown, Pennsylvania. He had three younger sisters. He discovered a love for drawing at an early age, learning basic cartooning skills from his father who drew comics as a hobby. Like many children of his generation he was an admirer of the popular animation of Disney, Dr. Seuss, and Looney Toons. Haring was raised in a religious family who attended the United Church of Christ, and as a teen he participated...
Early Training
After High School In 1976, Haring studied commercial art in the Ivy School of Professional Art in Pittsburgh. After only two semesters, and reading The Art Spirit (1923) by Robert Henri, which starts with the line “Art when really understood is the province of every human being,” and which promotes an interactive approach to creative production, he realized that he had no interest in becoming a commercial graphic artist and dropped out. He remained temporarily in Pittsburgh and continued to s...
Mature Period
Between 1978 to 1982 Haring established himself as a respected "rebel" artist of the street and alternative indoor spaces, outside the elite New York art world. Eventually, he accepted representation from Tony Shafrazi and in 1982 made his high visibility fine art debut with a popular and highly acclaimed one-man exhibition at Shafrazi's Soho gallery. Over the next few years he participated in notable international exhibitions such as Documenta 7 in Kassel, the Sao Paulo Biennial, and the Whi...
Learn about the life and work of Keith Haring, who created bold public art that packed a political punch. See his paintings, sculptures, and murals that used bright colors, simple shapes, and universal symbols to communicate with a broad audience.
- American
- May 4, 1958
- Reading, Pennsylvania
- February 16, 1990
After gaining public recognition, he created colorful larger scale murals, many commissioned. [4] He produced more than 50 public artworks between 1982 and 1989, many of them created voluntarily for hospitals, day care centers and schools. In 1986, he opened the Pop Shop as an extension of his work.
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- Keith Haring Drawing on Tony Shafrazi... , 1988. Lot 180 Gallery. Price on Request.
- 1980s Keith Haring gallery announcement... , 1986. Lot 180 Gallery. Price on Request.
- Keith Haring DV8 San Francisco (announcements), 1987. Lot 180 Gallery. Price on Request.
- Montreux Jazz Festival Poster (Yellow,... , 1983. Ransom Art. 1,250 GBP.
Keith Allen Haring (May 4, 1958 – February 16, 1990) was an American artist whose pop art emerged from the New York City graffiti subculture of the 1980s. His animated imagery has "become a widely recognized visual language".
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