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Keith Haring Safe Sex poster 1987:
A fun, witty, classic Haring illustration created by the artist in conjunction with his many Aids Awareness efforts. A key historical Keith Haring activist poster which is featured in the Catalog Raisonne of Haring posters by Jürgen and Osten. Difficult to obtain as presented here in very good vintage condition.
Offset lithograph; 27 1/4 x 29 1/2 in. (69 x 75 cm). 1987.
Condition: Minor handling marks; otherwise very good overall condition given age & medium.
Features Haring printed signature; scarce in nice condition; from an edition of unknown.
A large, vibrant vintage original Haring poster that makes for standout wall art within reach.
Keith Haring rose to prominence in 1980s New York within the East Village art scene alongside Jean-Michel Basquiat, Kenny Scharf, and Jenny Holzer. He bridged the gap between the art world and the street, graffiting city subways and sidewalks before committing to a studio practice. Haring united the appeal of cartoons with the raw energy of Art Brut artists such as Jean DuBuffet as he developed a distinct pop-graffiti aesthetic that comprised energetic, boldly outlined figures against solid or patterned backdrops. His major themes included exploitation, subjugation, drug abuse, and the threat of nuclear holocaust; Haring boldly engaged with social issues, especially after receiving an AIDS diagnosis in 1987. Today, his work sells for seven figures at auction and has been the subject of solo shows at the Brooklyn Museum, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Albertina Museum in Vienna, among other institutions.
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- Creator:Keith Haring (1958-1990, American)
- Creation Year:1987
- Dimensions:Height: 29.5 in (74.93 cm)Width: 27.25 in (69.22 cm)
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- Gallery Location:NEW YORK, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU354313629282
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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