1987
Keith Haring began experimenting with his bold, graphic lines and cartoon-inspired figures on the walls of New York City subway stations in the early 1980s. He called them his “laboratory,” places to develop a radical new aesthetic based on an ideology of creating truly democratic public art.
Haring’s paintings, prints and murals address the universal themes of death, love and sex, as well as contemporary issues he experienced personally, like the crack-cocaine and AIDS epidemics. They derive much of their impact from the powerful contrast between these serious subjects and the joyful, vibrant pictographic language he uses to express them, full of dancing figures, babies, barking dogs, hearts and rhythmic lines, as well as references to pop culture.
To make his art even more accessible, in 1986, Haring opened the Pop Shop in Soho. In a foreshadowing of today’s intermingling of art and fashion, the shop sold merchandise and novelty items featuring imagery by Haring and contemporaries like Kenny Scharf and Jean-Michel Basquiat. While his works sometimes included text, for the most part, he chose to communicate through drawing.
“Drawing is still basically the same as it has been since prehistoric times,” Haring once declared. “It lives through magic.”
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Rare Original Keith Haring Vinyl Record Art (Keith Haring Run Dmc)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring, Run DMC Christmas 1987: Rare sought-after Run DMC "Christmas In Hollis" featuring Original Artwork by Keith Haring. Truly vibrant colors that make for stand-out wall ar...
Offset
Rare 1980s Keith Haring Vinyl Record Art (Keith Haring Christmas)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring, Run DMC Christmas: Run DMC "Christmas In Hollis": A rare sought after Vinyl Art Cover featuring original artwork by Keith Haring. Truly vibrant colors that make for sta...
Offset
1980s Keith Haring record art (Keith Haring Christmas)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
1987 Vinyl Record Art by Keith Haring: Off-Set Lithograph on vinyl record jacket; engraved gold foil. 12 x 12 inches. Printed Haring signature on the mid lower left. Very good over...
Lithograph, Offset
Original Keith Haring Record Art: set of 4 (1980s Keith Haring album cover art)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Rare Vintage 1980s Keith Haring Record Cover Art: (Set of 4: 1983-1987): Four individual 7 inch albums - all illustrated by Haring during his lifetime - making for standout 1980s Ke...
Offset
1980s Keith Haring Record Art: set of 4 (1980s Keith Haring album cover art)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Rare Vintage 1980s Keith Haring Record Cover Art: (Set of 4: 1983-1987): Four individual 7 inch albums - all illustrated by Haring during his lifetime - making for standout 1980s Ke...
Offset
Rare 1980s Keith Haring Record Art (Set of 4 works)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Keith Haring Record Cover Art, 1982-1987. Set of 4 individual pieces including their respective albums. Haring illustrations appear on front and back covers, plus illustrate...
Lithograph, Offset
Man To Man Vintage Vinyl Print, Modern Style, 1987, Unframed
By Keith Haring
Located in CANNES, FR
Keith Haring . Original vintage Vinyl . 1987 , Mint Condition
Vinyl
One Plate from Three Lithographs Suite, Hand Signed, Edition of 80, 1985
By Keith Haring
Located in Aventura, FL
From the Three Lithographs Suite. Lithograph in black and red, on BFK Rives paper. Edition 25/80 (there were also 20 artist's proofs). Sheet size 31.875 x 39.5 inches. Image size...
Paper, Lithograph
Untitled (Plate 6) Lithograph on Arches Paper, Signed, Pop Art, 1982
By Keith Haring
Located in Aventura, FL
From Untitled 1-6, Keith Haring's first series of printed works. Lithograph on Arches paper. Hand signed, dated and numbered in red crayon by the artist. Published by Barbara Gladsto...
Paper, Lithograph
Pop Shop IV(1) Radiant Angel Screen Print, Pop Art, Signed Edition 154/200, 1989
By Keith Haring
Located in Aventura, FL
Image of "Radiant Angel", on wove paper. Hand signed, numbered & dated by the artist in pencil. Published by Martin Lawrence Editions Ltd., New York. Edition 154/200. Littmann...
Paper, Screen
RUN DMC (Gold) (50 Years, Hip Hop, Rap, Iconic, Artist, Musician, Rapper)
By Agent X
Located in Kansas City, MO
Agent X RUN DMC (Gold) (50 Years, Hip Hop, Rap, Iconic, Artist, Musician, Rapper, Anniversary, Legend, Pop Art) Archival Pigment Print with Archival Inks on 240 gsm Hahnemühle Paper ...
Archival Paper, Digital
Pop Shop I (D)
By Keith Haring
Located in New York, NY
Created by Keith Haring in 1987, Pop Shop I (Plate D) is an original color screenprint measuring 12 x 15 in. (30.5 x 38.1 cm), unframed. The artwork is han...
Screen
