“I am intrigued with the shapes people choose as their symbols to create a language. There is within all forms a basic structure, an indication of the entire object with a minimum of lines that becomes a symbol. This is common to all languages, all people, all times.”
Keith Allen Haring (May 4, 1958 – February 16, 1990) was an American pop artist and activist known for his cartoon-inspired grafiti art, based in New York City. He is best known for icons such as the Radiant Baby and dogs, as well as ties to 80's artists like Madonna and fellow NYC artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.
Haring's Life provided examples of:
Haring's Art provided examples of:
- Design Student's Orgasm: Many of his works were these, being interlocking cartoon figures.
- Drugs Are Bad: His "Crack is Wack" mural in East Harlem had this message.
- Pie-Eyed: Some characters in Haring's work had them.
- Swan Song: 1989's "Unfinished Painting"
, which as its name suggests, was delebirately left unfinished as a commentary of AIDS, which Keith himself was dying of. - "Untitled" Title: Many of his works lack a name entirely.
