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Tuttomondo (1989) The Boxers (1987) Todos Juntos Podemos Parar el SIDA (1989) Tower (1987). Works are in the order that the Keith Haring Foundation's website has them in. [4] Many of Haring's works are untitled, part of a series, or have similar titles; the number given to artworks on the Keith Haring Foundation's website have been added in order to differentiate between artworks.
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. [1] His animated imagery has "become a widely recognized visual language". [2]
Haring agreed under the condition that he chose the location. [5] With permission from the Town Hall, Haring selected a square in the Raval, then a drug infested area known as the Barrio Chino (Chinatown). [6] AIDS was a delicate issue and most celebrities generally didn't talk about the epidemic. [7]
The Valley is a suite of etchings by Keith Haring, illustrating the eponymous final chapter from The Western Lands by William S. Burroughs, drawn in 1989 and published in 1990. [1]
In 1989, Haring told Rolling Stone: "Before I knew who he was, I became obsessed with Jean-Michel Basquiat's work." [2] He added, "The stuff I saw on the walls was more poetry than graffiti. They were sort of philosophical poems that would use the language the way Burroughs did – in that it seemed like it could mean something other than what ...
The wide-open generosity of spirit in Keith Haring's vivacious work is seen in the Broad's deft show, which culls together about 120 works that he created between 1982 and 1989.
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The outlines of the figures are filled in with blue, yellow, red and green, sometimes with a solid color and sometimes with patterns and symbols. [5] The northmost section of the mural, painted on a fence, contains the words "We the Youth: City Kids of Phila + NYC". Haring's initials and the date are located at the bottom right of the mural.