Keith Haring Keith Haring (May 4, 1958 - February 16, 1990) was an American street painting artist and social activist in the 1980s.

His graffiti has become a part of popular culture today and can be seen almost everywhere in daily life. Chinese name: Keith Haring. Foreign name: Keith Haring. Nationality: American. Place of birth: Reading, Pennsylvania, USA. Date of birth: May 1958.

February 4th Date of death: February 16th, 1990 Occupation: Street artist Graduate school: School of Visual Arts, New York Major achievements: Establishment of the Keith Haring Foundation Representative works: "Dog in a Crocodile Mask", "PopShop" Character Resume

Keith Haring was born in Reading, PA, grew up in nearby Kutztown, and studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York. His works have a strong Pop Art style, and his most recent

The early works were created in 1980. At that time, he was looking for black posters to be posted in New York subway stations. He used white chalk to graffiti, mostly thick outlines, monochrome, hollow abstract people, animals and other patterns.

His works are often like some kind of complex patterns, with various patterns filling the entire composition. They often have no perspective or texture, but contain many symbolic emotions, such as barking dogs, kneeling villains, etc.

Soon, Keith Haring's works became famous in the New York art world. In 1983, Columbia TV station interviewed him for graffiti in a subway station and the circumstances of his arrest, making him a household name overnight.

Thanks to his exhibitions and creations, he entered the museum as a graffiti painter, and the prices of his works have skyrocketed. According to a report by US Newsweek, in 1984, Keith Haring's painting "Dog in a Crocodile Mask" could be bid for

In addition to US$20,000, he was also invited to perform action painting creations in many museums.

In 1985, the National Museum of Contemporary Art in France and the National Museum of Fine Arts in the Netherlands held special exhibitions for him.

In 1986, he opened a grocery store selling his works in SoHo, New York City.

It’s called “PopShop”.

The T-shirts in the store are all "Keith Haring-esque" symbols: hollow man, three-eyed monster, overlapping man, red heart. In 1988, he discovered that he was suffering from AIDS. In 1989, the Keith Haring Foundation was established.

The main purpose is to promote child welfare planning.

He died of AIDS in 1990 at the age of 31, and his paintings became one of the striking visual languages ??of the 20th century.

Two years before his death, he had been actively using his works to remind young people about safe sex and to prevent the spread of AIDS.

Characteristics Keith Haring's favorite thing to do is to spread his special business cards on the walls of subway stations and streets.

Unlike the early graffiti artists who aimed spray cans at subway trains and sprayed them violently, Harlem did not do such a thing.

He usually painted his masterpieces on advertising poster boards.

After the advertisements were removed from the poster board, the board was almost like a blackboard. Harlin took a piece of chalk and sketched some simple drawings on it, quickly, simply, without any sloppiness, and without any modifications.

At first glance, it looks a bit like children's drawings.

Indeed, those images - or symbolic images, are not unfamiliar to us, and children must like them more: flying saucers, TVs, glowing children, crazy barking dogs, combined with hearts, dollars, pyramids, crosses, etc., to form lively

Interesting picture.

These chalk works are ephemeral.

When he makes commercial creations, he uses ink or Magic Marker to draw on paper, wood, fiberglass or vinyl canvas.

Haring once said: "I think I was born to be an artist, and I have the responsibility to live for it. I will try my best to paint for more people and paint forever." His short life was indeed for

Coming from graffiti.

February 16, 2010 marks the 20th anniversary of the death of graffiti artist Keith Haring.

Different Keith Haring events have been held around the world, and the Tony Shafrazi Gallery in New York also held a dedicated exhibition of Keith Haring's works, including paintings, drawings and sculptures.