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Keith HaringKeith Haring Ignorance = Fear, 1989 (Keith Haring Act Up poster)1989
1989
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Original 1989 Keith Haring, Ignorance = Fear Silence = Death poster:
On behalf of the New York-based AIDS activist group AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP), Keith Haring designed and executed this poster in 1989 after the artist had been diagnosed the previous year. Haring's imagery here references the 'three wise monkeys' that, "see nothing, hear nothing, say nothing". Within this illustration Haring refers to the public's ignorance with respect to Aids and calls for critical awareness of the 'facts'.
A large, vibrant original Haring print that makes for standout wall art within reach. A key historical Haring collectible which is featured in the Whitney's permanent collection and Catalog Raisonne of Haring posters by Jürgen and Osten.
Offset lithograph in colors.
Dimensions: 24 x 43 inches.
Condition: Good overall vintage condition; moderate lower edge-wear; minor signs of handling; otherwise well-preserved; with bright, crisp colors.
Features Haring printed signature; quite scarce in good condition; from an edition of unknown.
Keith Haring (American, 1958–1990), a Neo-Pop and Graffiti artist, had a short but prolific career centered on a vision to unite “high art,” urban aesthetics, and public spaces using humorous, irreverent, and poignant works. Born in Pennsylvania, Haring attended the Ivy School of Art in Pittsburgh for two years, planning to become a commercial artist. He found this path unsatisfying, and instead chose to study at the School of Visual Arts in New York, where he met fellow artists Jean Michel Basquiat and Kenny Scharf. Haring immersed himself in the culture of the city’s streets and clubs, and, in 1980, began covering the blank billboards on subway station walls with his Subway drawings in chalk.
Haring’s bold public art attracted the attention of several galleries, and, by the early 1980s, he was painting Neo-Pop works and large murals full time. In an effort to make his art widely accessible, Haring opened the Pop Shop in 1986 in downtown New York, selling commercial items adorned with his signature, cartoonish imagery. Haring combined graffiti, hip-hop, and urban aesthetics, frequently depicting animals, figures, commercial icons, sexual imagery, and childlike motifs in pieces that were both playful and concerned with social issues.
His work became increasingly confrontational following his 1987 diagnosis of AIDS. Haring resolved to work harder than ever in his remaining years, creating pieces with a fervent speed and devoting his art to social action in addition to his personal expression. In 1989, he established the Keith Haring Foundation, whose goal is to promote art programs and public spaces for children, and to raise awareness about AIDS. He died on February 16, 1990 in New York at the age of 31. In addition to hundreds of exhibitions held during his lifetime, Haring has been the subject of numerous retrospectives in New York, San Francisco, Paris, Tokyo, and Berlin since his death.
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- Creator:Keith Haring (1958-1990, American)
- Creation Year:1989
- Dimensions:Height: 24 in (60.96 cm)Width: 43 in (109.22 cm)
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- Condition:Minor wear commensurate with age & medium.
- Gallery Location:NEW YORK, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU354314306652
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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