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Keith Haring's 54th birthday
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Google Doodle Salutes Graffiti Artist
Keith Haring
By Kathy Ceceri
May 4, 2012 4:59 am
May the 4th is the birthday of the late artist Keith Haring, who died in 1990 at the age of 31 of AIDS-related complications. Google is celebrating the artist’s memory with a Doodle drawn in Haring’s distinctive style. Part of what made New York City such an exciting place to live in the 1980s for young art students like me was the chance encounters with graffiti by Haring, who plastered over subway posters with his own white-on-black “radiant babies” and other cartoon-like drawings. Haring went on to exhibit his paintings in museums, and his designs still live on in clothing and housewares.
Haring’s drawings were simple, but they often carried deeper meanings. Yet they could be understood and enjoyed by kids as well. One of the first words my older son ever read was “Exit” — thanks to a Sesame Street clip featuring animated drawings by Haring. The Keith Haring website includes a family-friendly portion with coloring games and educational content for kids.
According to Wikipedia, the artist established the Keith Haring Foundation in 1989 to raise funds for AIDS organizations. The store he founded, the Pop Shop, is now online (and is offering a 10 percent discount today if you use the code HAPPYBIRTHDAY).
If you’re not familiar with Haring’s work, it’s worth the time to take a look around.
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Culturo-scope...
Après Warhol et avant de célébrer le 50ème anniversaire de la naissance de J-M Basquiat ce 22 décembre, retrouvons Keith HARING dans le cabaret parisien Shéhérazade, s'entretenir avec . Ils évoquent son surnom "Le Michel-Ange du métro de New York", ses influences, pourquoi il a choisit le métro pour faire connaître son art, sa première exposition, sa rencontre avec Andy WARHOL et Jean Michel BASQUIAT, la valeur de ses peintures, ses expositions parisiennes, le peintre qu'il aurait voulu être, et pour finir, Keith donne une définition de lui-même.Le tout illustrés par des photographies des oeuvres de Keith HARING.
Extrait de "Lunettes noires pour nuits blanches" - 20/01/1990
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