Keith+Haring

=Keith Haring= represents one of the distinct "graffiti movement" voices from the 1980's, as well as a tragic figure from the HIV-AIDS Era. =Facts=
 * Born 1958- Died1990
 * 1978-1980 Attended NYC's School of Visual Art
 * 1980 First drawings of flying saucers, animal and human images that populate his subway drawings
 * 1981 Painted first school mural, began covering old advertisements with black paper and chalk drawings
 * 1982 Drew 30 second animation for Times Square billboard
 * 1982-1984 Exhibits galore, moneymoneymoney
 * 1985 Designed 4 Swatch watches
 * 1985-1989--Many street murals, canvas paintings, gallery shows
 * 1989--Began AIDS Awareness campaigns, Establishes Keith Haring foundation
 * 1990--Died of HIV/AIDS

=Quote About Keith Haring's Work=

"Haring served a public energy that amplified the news, giving it greater resonance. He became a mass-media event, a popular phenomenon of //youth// culture. His paintings eliminated distinctions between black and white, heterosexual and homosexual, human and animal, natural and artificial. He fed off any subject, immersing himself in its linear and figural universe, devouring it, and then expelling it. He drew thousands of images and stories in subways, and he did hundreds of yards of paintings in New York, Chicago, Pisa, Sydney, Berlin, Tama City, Atlanta, Barcelona - on the walls of schools, hospitals, and abandoned buildings - without receiving monetary payment. In this way, his discourse was socialized and mediated by children and all social strata. .--[|Germano Celant, Art Archive]

Artwork A Slideshow of Haring Images A GLBT History Month Ad about Haring

=Web Sites of Interest= [|Keith Haring Foundation Official Web site] [|Keith Haring Art Archive Article] [|Timeline of Important Events]