Keith Haring rose to prominence in the New York City art scene during the politically and socially turbulent 1980’s and used his art to examine difficult issues of the time. Though he attended the School of Visual Arts to study painting, it was his spontaneous graffiti in the city’s subways that gained him attention as an artist. Initially creating images that were more simple, clean lines and bold colors, he quickly evolved to incorporate politics and news headlines in his work. He ran in the same circles as many other controversial emerging artists, from Madonna to Basquiat. As he became more famous, his work was commissioned for some of the world’s biggest events like Philadelphia Live Aid. His life inspired his art – among the most prominent themes in his work were expressions of homosexuality and the AIDS epidemic, and he would unfortunately die from AIDS-related complications at the young age of 31.
Untitled (Free South Africa #2), 1985
Untitled (from the Blueprint Drawings #6), 1990
Untitled, December 6, 1989
Pop Shop VI (2), 1989
Growing 2, 1988
Untitled (Plate 3), 1982
Untitled (with Sean Kalish), 1989
Pyramid (blue on yellow), 1989
Pop Shop IV Angel, 1989
Apocalypse (9), 1988
Untitled (Cup Man), 1989
Pop Shop II, 1988
Pop Shop IV Barking Dogs, 1989
Untitled (from the Blueprint Drawings #2), 1990
POP SHOP IV (1), 1989
Untitled (Man On A Dolphin), 1987
Untitled (from the Blueprint Drawings #1), 1990
Picasso's (Red) Tongue, 1985
Apocalypse (II), 1988
Best Buddies, 1990
Pyramid (blue on yellow), 1989
Apocalypse, 1988
Icons - Three Eyes, 1990
Fertility I, 1983
Fertility II, 1983
Subway Drawing (Pyramids), 1982
Subway Drawing, 1982
