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Keith Haring Public Illumination 1981:
A rare, highly collectible small pamphlet-style art magazine (measuring 4.25 x 2.75 inches), featuring a centerfold spread illustrated by Keith Haring, playfully credited under the moniker "Kip Herring."
The illustrations include some of Haring's signature early motifs including dogs, crawling babies, and figures in varying sexual positions.
A rare, early Haring collectible which quite possibly marks his first appearance in a printed publication.
Staple bound zine (art magazine), 4.25 x 2.75 inches.
Good to very good overall vintage condition; appears unused.
Unsigned from an edition of unknown.
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Printed Matter Inc., New York, NY
Public Illumination Magazine:
Founded by Zagreus Bowery in 1979 in New York and distinguished by its pocket-sized format, the publication rose to prominence in the underground art scene and was revered for its blatant mockery of mainstream magazines. The texts and drawings ranging from parody to absurdities. Contributions will be published exclusively under pseudonyms. By 2007, 51 issues appeared. The magazine is published irregularly and is available in the USA, Italy and Germany.
Writers and artists who have contributed include: Keith Haring, Ken Brown, Steve Dalachinsky, Michael Madore, David Sandlin, Hal Sirowitz, Sparrow, Mike Topp, David Wojnarowicz, and Diane Torr.
Complete series’ of the magazine are held by the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Pompidou Center in Paris.
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Figurative Drawings. Pop Art. Keith Haring 1981. Vintage Keith Haring. Keith Haring prints posters. Keith Haring lithographs. Early Haring.
- Creator:Keith Haring (1958-1990, American)
- Creation Year:1981
- Dimensions:Height: 4.25 in (10.8 cm)Width: 2.75 in (6.99 cm)
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- Gallery Location:NEW YORK, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU354310098632
Keith Haring
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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