Montreux Festival by Keith HARING (1958-1990)
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Montreux Festival by Keith HARING (1958-1990)
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The Montreux Jazz Festival is the best-known music festival in Switzerland and one of the most prestigious in Europe; it is held annually in early July in Montreux on the shores of Lake Geneva. It is the second largest annual music festival in the world after Canada's Montreal International Jazz Festival. Originally a pure jazz festival, it opened up in the 1970s and today presents artists of nearly every imaginable music style. Jazz remains an important part of the festival. Today's festival lasts about two weeks and attracts an audience of more than 200,000 people
In 1984 Haring made his Soho gallery debut with an immensely popular and highly acclaimed one-man exhibition at the Tony Shafrazi Gallery in Soho.
Having first achieved public recognition with his chalk drawings in the subways of New York City Haring went on to achieve international recognition between 1980 and 1989. He was featured in over 100 solo and group exhibitions world-wide during his brief but intense career. By expressing concepts of birth, death, love, sex and war Haring’s imagery became a universally recognized visual language of the 20th Century.
In 1986 Haring opened the Pop Shop in Soho. It was an expression of his desire to make his art available to people of all walks of life. He wrote “My shop is an extension of what I was doing in the subways stations. Breaking down barriers between high and low art”
The Montreux Jazz Festival is the best-known music festival in Switzerland and one of the most prestigious in Europe; it is held annually in early July in Montreux on the shores of Lake Geneva. It is the second largest annual music festival in the world after Canada's Montreal International Jazz Festival. Originally a pure jazz festival, it opened up in the 1970s and today presents artists of nearly every imaginable music style. Jazz remains an important part of the festival. Today's festival lasts about two weeks and attracts an audience of more than 200,000 people
In 1984 Haring made his Soho gallery debut with an immensely popular and highly acclaimed one-man exhibition at the Tony Shafrazi Gallery in Soho.
Having first achieved public recognition with his chalk drawings in the subways of New York City Haring went on to achieve international recognition between 1980 and 1989. He was featured in over 100 solo and group exhibitions world-wide during his brief but intense career. By expressing concepts of birth, death, love, sex and war Haring’s imagery became a universally recognized visual language of the 20th Century.
In 1986 Haring opened the Pop Shop in Soho. It was an expression of his desire to make his art available to people of all walks of life. He wrote “My shop is an extension of what I was doing in the subways stations. Breaking down barriers between high and low art”
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- Date of Manufacture:1983
- Condition:Excellent condition.
- Seller Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: U120310922936
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