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Keith HaringKeith Haring Resist in Concert! poster 1988 (Keith Haring Activist)1988
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Keith Haring Resist in Concert! 1988:
Vintage Keith Haring illustrated 1988 poster for a Refuse and Resist produced concert December 4, 1988 at New York's Palladium nightclub. A rare Haring activist poster produced during the artist's lifetime.
Caption reads:
"A Concert and Festival for Everyone Who's Had ENOUGH of The Right-Wing Clampdown in 'Resurgent America' 1988....Basta Ya!" Performing: Armageddon, A.T.A.K. Audio Two, D.O.A., Sinead O'Connor, Karen Finley, Michael Rose, etc."
Offset lithograph.
Dimensions: 23 x 29 inches.
Condition: Good overall vintage condition with the exception of some surface creasing to edge areas & minor signs of handling; well-preserved with strong colors.
Features Haring printed signature; from an edition of unknown.
Obtained directly from the original art designer.
Catalog Raisonne: Keith Haring: Posters; entry 81 (Prestel).
Well-suited for framing.
Keith Haring, who famously declared that “art is for everybody,” started designing posters in 1982, while he was still a student at the School of Visual Arts. Haring was drawn to posters because they were a democratic medium—a great way to share his bright designs and kinetic characters in visible public display. Haring also used posters as a means for social activism, spreading awareness about the crack epidemic in the United States, apartheid in South Africa, global nuclear disarmament, right-wing politics and the devastation of AIDS.
More on Refuse & Resist!
Refuse & Resist! was a human rights activist group founded in New York City in 1987 by activists who were concerned that the American government, epitomized by U.S. President Ronald Reagan, advocated a far right-wing political program directed against the political rights of its people. Artist Keith Haring created R&R!'s logo in 1988. The organization's national office was located in New York City, with chapters spread across more than 10 US cities. The organization officially dissolved in 2006. At that time, the national office closed, and the organization's files transferred to the Tamiment Library at New York University.
On the Palladium
Palladium was built as a deluxe movie theater by movie mogul William Fox in 1927. Beginning in 1971 it was also utilized as a concert venue, then later converted into a nightclub in 1985 by Steve Rubell of Studio 54.
- Creator:Keith Haring (1958-1990, American)
- Creation Year:1988
- Dimensions:Height: 29 in (73.66 cm)Width: 23 in (58.42 cm)
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- Gallery Location:NEW YORK, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU354314491992
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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