Keith Haring at work on his mural Tuttomondo on the wall of the Church of Sant’Antonio, Pisa, in 1989.
"Though he died in 1990, in many ways Keith Haring is still alive. His art is everywhere. There are Haring T-shirts, Haring shoes, Haring chairs. You can buy Haring baseball hats and badges and baby-carriers and playing cards and stickers and keyrings. Keith Haring’s work pops up all over the place – his radiant baby, the barking dog, the dancer, the three-eyed smiling face. Simple, cheerful, upbeat, instantly recognisable. They make you smile and they work like graffiti tags, small signifiers that say 'Keith woz here'. But Haring did much more than provide cute cartoons. He was publicly minded. His art faced outwards. He wanted to inform, to start a conversation, to question authority and convention, to represent the oppressed. Those cute figures are political. ..."
Guardian
Keith Haring exhibition at Tate Liverpool (Video)
Ignorance = Fear, 1989.
2009 April: Keith Haring
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