Keith Haring 'Short Messages' Offset Print Book, Pop Art, 2003

2003

The history between "Art Attack on AIDS" and Keith Haring is rooted in Haring's deep commitment to raising awareness about HIV/AIDS and using art as...

Andy Mouse is a significant work by Keith Haring, created in 1986 as both a homage to Andy Warhol and a bold commentary on consumer culture. Blending Warhol’s iconic image with Micke...

1990s Keith Haring exhibition poster: Original Exhibition poster for Keith Haring at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, May 08-September 08, 1998; an exhibit which featured a complete retrospective of Haring's work, from his childhood doodles and early New York subway drawings to large-scale paintings during his final years. Off-set lithograph on heavy wove paper. 24 x 36 inches. Unsigned from an edition of unknown. Bright, vibrant colors. Some minor signs of handling; otherwise very good overall. Contains trademark of Haring Estate on lower center edge. Further Background: Image featured in this poster is Haring's, "Drawing for Headstand 1988. De Young Museum's regarding Haring's symbolism here: "Human figures depicted upside-down are usually B-boys and B-girls, the dancers of hip-hop, doing the iconic move in which they spin on their head. Figures contorting in backbends or jumps are probably also depictions of break dancers." Haring’s work has long been a part of San Francisco’s visual culture. He created works for diverse venues in San Francisco during his lifetime, including murals for DV8, a club once located in the South of Market neighborhood, and a huge, multi-panel painting for the South of Market Childcare Center (also known as the Saint Patrick's Daycare Center). Haring’s outdoor sculpture Untitled (Three Dancing Figures) (1989), located at Third and Howard Streets, is a prominent feature of Moscone Convention Center, and his triptych altarpiece The Life of Christ (1990) is installed in the AIDS Chapel at Grace Cathedral...

Keith Haring Tony Shafrazi Gallery 1982: The much historic early Keith Haring exhibition poster, illustrated by Haring on the occasion of: 'Keith Haring Drawings' Oct. 9 - Nov. 13 - ...