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Keith Haring (1958 - 1990)
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Haring by Elisabeth Sussman,
Keith Haring
In 1980, mysterious chalk drawings of simple
outline figures began appearing on unused advertising space in New
York City's subway stations. Combining the appeal of Disney
cartoons with the sophisticated "primitivism" of such
artists as Jean Dubuffet, these underground artworks were bold,
humorous, accessible, subversive--and unmistakably the work of one
man, Keith Haring. This is the first look back at this singular
talent. 325 illustrations, 175 in color.
 Drawing
the Line - A Portrait of Keith Haring (1989)
Keith Haring, successor to Andy Warhol's pop
zeitgeist, was an artist whose playful drawings made a serious
commentary on the 1980's. His work, kinetic iconography rooted in
primitivism, can be found throughout the spectrum of mass culture,
from skateboards to subway walls. This is an inside view of an
artist whose passion for the contemporary human conditions was the
fervor that drove his art.
 Keith
Haring Journals by
Keith Haring
During his lifetime, Keith Haring's spontaneous,
archetypal creations won both a street audience and the respect of
the art establishment. Kept from his teens until his death from
AIDS in 1990, these illuminating journals reveal Haring's
conscious, committed drive to extend the boundaries of art. Photos
& drawings throughout. Radio news feature.
"The canonization of Keith Haring
(1958^-90)--that is, the project to install him in the canon of
great American artists--continues with the publication of his
journals, which he wrote to be read by others, so confident was he
that he would attain artistic success. There is much that is
jejune in them, most of it youthful stuff about moods, sex, and
political and social concerns. But Haring was a competent writer
as well as a keen student of artists' lives and writings, and he
communicates his responses to what he read and saw and his own
intentions and aspirations with infectious excitement. As
impressive as his reactions and ambitions is the globe-trotting he
chronicles, undertaken to spread his graffiti-like imagery, which
both his testimony and that of Robert Farris Thompson's
introduction argue is indebted as much to Dubuffet, Leger, Frank
Stella, and Alechinsky, among older artists, and to the break-and
electric boogie dancers of 1980s New York as to urban America's
spray-can brigades." -- Ray Olson, Booklist
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Official Keith Haring website: largest online collection of Haring
painting, animation, sculpture, & photos; interactive activities; online
Pop Shop; biography, bulletin board, calendar & other info.
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Excerpt:
Keith Haring was born in Kutztown, Pennsylvania
on May4, 1958. Upon graduating from high school, Keith
enrolled in the Ivy School of Professional Art in Pittsburgh,
although he did not stay there long. In 1976, Keith dropped
out and hitchhiked across the country. A year later he
returned to Pittsburg, specifically the University
of Pittsburgh where he began to explore his art career...
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Excerpt:
Keith Haring's artistic leanings were evident
from a very early age: "Since I was little, I had been doing
cartoons, creating characters and stories. In my mind, though,
there was a separation between cartooning and being an artist..."
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Keith Haring was driven by a fervent desire to
communicate. His work -- built from an iconic language of
signature lines and symbols -- continues to reach out to the
broadest of audiences, dissolving the boundary between fine art
and popular culture, between the gallery and the street...
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Profile by Adrienne Redd
Excerpt:
The retrospective at the Whitney Museum of
American Art is a dizzying and vast exhibit, comprising nine rooms
of monumental works, the extant subway
drawings, video creations by and television spots on Haring
and journal entries, drawings, photos and scrapbooks dating to his
pre-teen years. Nonetheless it is made comprehensible by the
emphasis on Keith Haring’s warmth and humanity. Rather than
critique the work of the best known artist of the 1980s and one of
the most accessible fine artists ever, I spoke to Keith’s
parents; a sister; his boyhood friend, Kermit Oswald; his high
school art teacher and the founder of the New Arts program to get
a sense of who he was...
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Also From Spike Magazine
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Official Keith Haring website for children: fun interactive activities to inspire a love of learning and art, online books, authorized art shows, appropriate for children under 14. For parents and teachers, corresponding lesson plans for each section, and other resources.
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