Keith Haring Biography

Keith Haring, Artist

Born as	Keith Allen Haring
Occup.	Artist
From	USA
Born	May 4, 1958 Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
Died	February 16, 1990 New York City, New York, USA
Cause	AIDS-related illness
Aged	31 years

Keith Haring was a popular American artist and social protestor born upon May 4, 1958, in Reading, Pennsylvania. He matured in an imaginative family members, with his daddy being a cartoonist and mommy being an amateur painter. Their influence would concern shape his future job course as an artist. Haring found his love for drawing at an extremely early age, and also started with simple illustrations based on Walt Disney characters and comics heroes.

He sought his interest for art at the Ivy School of Professional Art in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he examined industrial art for 2 years. In 1978, Haring relocated to New York City and also enrolled at the School of Visual Arts (SVA). While researching in New York, he established a love for street art and was captivated by the flourishing graffiti and hip-hop society of the city. During this duration, Haring developed his trademark design, making use of simple lines and bold colors to produce effective photos that communicated complex concepts and feelings.

In the early 1980s, among Haring's most legendary jobs took shape, as he began to create chalk drawings on blank marketing panels in the New York metro. He drew hundreds of these "Subway Drawings," which were discovered and valued by commuters, as well as the art world. Consequently, his work started to obtain broader recognition, and he started to display in galleries, both in the United States as well as globally.

Throughout his life, Haring was involved in various social reasons and also used his art as a medium for advocacy. He battled against problems such as racism, homophobia, as well as the global spread of AIDS. He befriended artists and stars such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol, and Madonna, who likewise sustained such reasons.

In 1986, Haring opened up the "Pop Shop" in New York City, a store that marketed his art work and also layouts at available rates in the kind of goods, such as tees, posters, and switches. Via this venture, he intended to make art extra available to people of all social classes.

Haring's individual life was marked by his have problem with his sexual identification, as he identified as gay. He was very closely involved with the LGBTQ neighborhood throughout his life and utilized his art to increase awareness about problems connected to this neighborhood.

In 1988, Keith Haring was identified with AIDS. As opposed to pulling away from the general public eye, he continued to develop art, which accepted motifs of love and also hope, while also emphasizing the value of secure sex practices. Unfortunately, on February 16, 1990, Haring passed away as a result of AIDS-related complications at the age of 31.

In spite of his short life, Keith Haring's influence on the art globe continues to be immense. His bold, lively, as well as socially mindful artwork has remained to motivate and also affect succeeding generations of musicians. In the years following his fatality, the Keith Haring Foundation was established with the goal of sustaining art programs and companies that concentrate on AIDS recognition and also education and learning, along with other social and also altruistic causes. As a result, Haring's legacy as an artist as well as lobbyist lives on.

Our collection contains 10 quotes who is written / told by Keith.

Related authors: Madonna Ciccone (Entertainer), Walt Disney (Cartoonist), Jean-Michel Basquiat (Artist), Lawrence Taylor (Athlete), Andy Warhol (Artist)

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10 Famous quotes by Keith Haring

"I don't think art is propaganda; it should be something that liberates the soul, provokes the imagination and encourages people to go further. It celebrates humanity instead of manipulating it"

"The dripping... well, if it happens, it happens; it does not take anything from the work. The dripping just proves that you were not trying to control the work, but the work was developing by itself and if it drips, it's a natural part in the evolution of the work"

"There are some images that I will only use once, and not use again because they don't seem to really hit the nail right on the head, but there are some which are so strong they have to be reduced; sometimes just reusing them makes them stronger"

"I think you have to control the materials to an extent, but it's important to let the materials have a kind of power for themselves; like the natural power of gravity, if you are painting on a wall, it makes the paint trickle and it drips; there is no reason to fight that"

"Drawing is still basically the same as it has been since prehistoric times. It brings together man and the world. It lives through magic"

"When it is working, you completely go into another place, you're tapping into things that are totally universal, completely beyond your ego and your own self. That's what it's all about"

"Red is one of the strongest colors, it's blood, it has a power with the eye. That's why traffic lights are red I guess, and stop signs as well... In fact I use red in all of my paintings"

"See, when I paint, it is an experience that, at its best, is transcending reality"

"People were more interested in the phenomena than the art itself. This, combined with the growing interest in collecting art as an investment and the resultant boom in the art market, made it a difficult time for a young artist to remain sincere without becoming cynical"

"My contribution to the world is my ability to draw. I will draw as much as I can for as many people as I can for as long as I can"