Keith Haring Painting At The Walker Art Center (Video)

Here’s rare footage of the late pop artist Keith Haring painting an interior mural at The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, MN in 1984.

“Keith Haring ranks among the most iconic, influential and popular artists in the world. Twenty years after his death, this is a rare and in-depth look at the prolific early years that established Haring’s language as an artist, his politics and social conscience, and his open homosexuality.”

Keith Haring

“Keith Haring: 1978-1982″ is a new exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum that focuses on his early career from ages 20-24. The exhibition runs through July 8, 2012.

Although he only lived until age 31, Haring was very prolific, popular, and influential. Haring was born in 1958 in Reading, PA, but it was New York, where he moved in 1978, that launched his career as an internationally known pop artist.

Haring passed away in 1990, but his art continues to influence fashion and entertainment. Designers and brands such as Tommy Hilfiger, Patricia Field, Schott, Zara, and Nicholas Kirkwood have collaborated with the Keith Haring Foundation on clothing and accessories.

The Brooklyn Museum exhibition includes 155 works on paper, plus 150 archival objects, including black-and-white subway drawings, experimental videos, sketchbooks, journals, fliers, and documentary photographs.

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Keith Haring : Art : Introduction

Welcome to the Keith Haring art database. We have developed this online archive in an effort to make the artwork of Keith Haring more widely available to researchers, educators, students and anyone interested in learning more about the work of Keith Haring. We hope you find this resource helpful.

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Keith Haring

Ever come across Keith Haring's art work?  Maybe on a poster, maybe on a t-shirt, maybe on a mouse pad, but how about on a cake?  Unique outlines of people dancing and celebrating were a perfect fit for this couple who wanted to express themselves through the design of their wedding cake.  

This Keith Haring inspired cake was covered in black fondant, the dancing figures were piped on with royal, then hand painted gold with edible dust.  The J & J logo, created by the couple themselves, was a perfect design for the center.  Topping it all off were two dancing dogs, which is another iconic image of Keith Haring.

Design Spotlight: Happy Earth Day from Keith Haring

I don't think art is propaganda; it should be something that liberates the soul, provokes the imagination and encourages people to go further. It celebrates humanity instead of manipulating it. - Keith Haring 

 

Earth Day promotes an awareness of our environment, unifying us at a global level for this cause. In honor of today's celebrations, I'd like to celebrate an artist and designer who advocated unity of humanity: Keith Haring. Haring was an American artist who achieved immense popularity for his painting and public art in the 1980s, and whose life was cut short by AIDS. He was an advocate for social unity, sexual awareness, and his messages were delivered with an iconic flair. Thank you Keith Haring for your socially conscious contribution to the art world!

Keith Haring Pop Art & Fashion

Andy Wharol and Keith Haring

Art Is Power: Keith Haring

“I don’t think art is propaganda; it should be something that liberates the soul, provokes the imagination and encourages people to go further. It celebrates humanity instead of manipulating it.” – Keith Haring

Born and raised in Reading, Pennsylvania, Keith Haring is the subject of this Art Is Power special. Getting his start by drawings that were discovered in the New York City Subways, Keith went on to use his art as his voice to speak about highly controversial subjects of the time. His style of "Pop Art" is seen in all his paintings, and his use of loud colors and intricate designs make him one of the true founders of Pop Art. In 1988 he was diagnosed with HIV-AIDS, and used his last years of life creating art that enlisted and spoke about the illness of AIDS, and a push for the cure. In 1990, Keith died at the age of 31, but his legacy lives on today, with such artists like Madonna and U2 using his work on tour and in song. The Universe of Keith Haring is a 2008 documentary by the filmmaker Christina Clausen about Haring. In the film, the legacy of Haring is resurrected through colorful archival footage and remembered by friends and admirers such as artists Kenny Scharf and Yoko Ono, gallery owners Jeffrey Deitch and Tony Shafrazi, and the choreographer Bill T. Jones. Some of his work is displayed below...