Keith Haring: Art in Motion

Keith Haring

1958–90 | American | Drawings; Oils; Mixed Media; Sculpture

Haring was formally trained and first made his mark as a graffiti artist in the New York subway. In later life he was principally interested in marketing his easily recognizable images (simplistic pin men depicted with thick black outlines, participating in various inconsequential activities) via T-shirts, badges, and so on. The epitome of art and the artist as a brand image. He died of AIDS in 1990.

Untitled, 1985, Enamel and dayglo on metal

Key Works:Subway Drawing, 1980–81 (New York: Hyde Collection Art Museum);Self-Portrait, 1989 (Florence: Galleria degli Uffizi)