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Haring painting a mural at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 1986 This is an incomplete list of paintings and other works by American artist Keith Haring (1958–1990). Haring's art career gained massive popularity from his chalk drawings at New York City subways . [ 1 ]
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]
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.
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]
Although Haring and Basquiat never collaborated, they remained close friends. [3] Following Basquiat's death from a heroin overdose on August 12, 1988, Haring wrote his obituary for Vogue and created A Pile of Crowns for Jean-Michel Basquiat in tribute. [4] Haring was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS that year. He died on February 16, 1990, of AIDS ...
Keith Haring was an idealistic, miraculous and astonishing innovator, according to Simon Doonan, writer, fashion industry darling and author of “Keith Haring (Lives of the Artist).” Releasing ...
Keith Haring’s 1989 piece “Unfinished Painting” became the center of an ethics debate about art and artificial intelligence after an X user used AI to “complete” the work.
Artist Keith Haring had been following the SAMO graffiti and befriended Basquiat that year. Haring recalled: I still hadn't met Jean-Michel—I had only heard about him. Well, one day a kid came up to me just as I was going into SVA, and he asked if I could walk him through, past the security guard. He wanted to get inside the school.