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Keith HaringCrack Down Benefit Poster (Ed. /2000)1986
1986
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(1st Printing) “Crack Down” by Keith Haring, is an original, unsigned lithograph printed in 1986
“Bill Graham revisited his old Bronx neighborhood in August, 1986 and, appalled to see that the drug culture had effectively wiped out the local culture, foresaw a menacing problem in the crack craze. He teamed with David Maldonado to stage a Crack Benefit in the city, but scaled back plans several times since few shared his apprehension. Ultimately, two concerts were held; one in Madison Square Garden and the other, an all-Latin show at the Felt Forum the following night. This poster was designed by immensely popular pop-artist Keith Haring for the 1986 “Crackdown on Crack” concert in New York City.“
Edition: 2000
Medium: Lithograph
Size: 43.18 cm (w) x 55.88 cm (h)
Signed and dated on plate on the lower right margin
These poster’s are in mint condition, though each has very slight markings from the printers in the top portion of the poster, where they were printed and stacked – see photo’s. This does in no way detract from the item at all!
- Creator:Keith Haring (1958-1990, American)
- Creation Year:1986
- Dimensions:Height: 22 in (55.88 cm)Width: 17 in (43.18 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Dallas, TX
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1472214460152
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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