Keith Haring began experimenting with his bold, graphic lines and cartoon-inspired figures on the walls of New York City subway stations in the early 1980s. He called them his “laboratory,” places to develop a radical new aesthetic based on an ideology of creating truly democratic public art.
Haring’s paintings, prints and murals address the universal themes of death, love and sex, as well as contemporary issues he experienced personally, like the crack-cocaine and AIDS epidemics. They derive much of their impact from the powerful contrast between these serious subjects and the joyful, vibrant pictographic language he uses to express them, full of dancing figures, babies, barking dogs, hearts and rhythmic lines, as well as references to pop culture.
To make his art even more accessible, in 1986, Haring opened the Pop Shop in Soho. In a foreshadowing of today’s intermingling of art and fashion, the shop sold merchandise and novelty items featuring imagery by Haring and contemporaries like Kenny Scharf and Jean-Michel Basquiat. While his works sometimes included text, for the most part, he chose to communicate through drawing.
“Drawing is still basically the same as it has been since prehistoric times,” Haring once declared. “It lives through magic.”
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Bad Boys
By Keith Haring
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this screenprint on BFK Rives wove paper. One of 7 numbered artist's proofs, aside from the edition of 30. Signed, dated, inscribed "AP" and numbered 5/7 in...
Screen
Untitled
By Keith Haring
Located in New York, NY
Created in 1983 as a color woodcut, Untitled, 1983 by Keith Haring is an early and highly collectible original print measuring 24 x 30 in. (61 x 76 cm.,) unframed. From the edition o...
Woodcut
The King
By Keith Haring
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Keith Haring Title: The King Size: 23 3/8 × 29 7/8 in 59.4 × 75.9 cm Medium: Lithograph Edition: of 50 Year: 1989 Notes: Hand Signed, Numbered & Dated in Pencil. Custom F...
Lithograph
Growing II
By Keith Haring
Located in New York, NY
Iconic imagery with a playful content, either consciously or unconsciously influenced by indigenous art, Keith Haring’s Growing II is a brilliant ...
Screen
Keith Haring: Into 1984/Tony Shafrazi Gallery
By Keith Haring
Located in New York, NY
Color offset lithograph. Signed and dated in felt-tip pen and pink ink, lower right. Published by Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York. Presented in black wood frame (36.5" x 24.75") M...
Color, Lithograph, Offset
Keith Haring -- The Paris Review
By Keith Haring
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Keith Haring The Paris Review, 1989 Screenprint Hand signed, dated and numbered 94/200 Image size 55.3 cm x 76.5 cm Sheet size 61 x 81 cm Published by The Paris Review, New York Ref...
Screen
Untitled, After Keith Haring
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Untitled, After Keith Haring Vintage unsigned well executed oil on canvas of figures supporting each other, the center image measures 33.5" W x 34" H, on a white background canvas m...
Canvas
$685Sale Price|40% Off
H 27.56 in W 19.69 in D 0.04 in
Keith Haring ( after ) Chromolithograph - Without title.
By Keith Haring
Located in Sint-Truiden, BE
Keith Haring. Chromolithograph. Printed signature. Numbered in pencil on bottom left, edition of 150 copies. Number 63/150 Embossed stamp by The Keith Haring Foundation on bottom lef...
Paper
Keith Haring Act Up 1989 mailer (Keith Haring activist)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring ACT UP 1989: RARE 1989 Keith Haring illustrated mailer used as promotional material for the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP). Keith Haring designed & authored ...
Paper, Offset
Keith Haring 1990 memorial (Keith Haring baby)
By (after) Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring Memorial 1990 (Keith Haring Baby, Keith Haring Barking Dog: Original screen-printed folding invitation with double-sided artwork publish...
Screen, Lithograph
