Keith Haring

By Simon Doonan

Revolutionary and renegade, Keith Haring was an artist for the people, creating an instantly recognizable repertoire of symbols - barking dogs, space-ships, crawling babies, clambering faceless people - which became synonymous with the volatile culture of 1980s. Like a careening, preening pinball, Keith Haring playfully slammed into all aspects of this decade - hip-hop, new-wave, graffiti, funk, art, style, gay culture - and brought them together. Keith Haring's fanatical drive propelled him into the orbit of the most interesting people of his time: Jean Michel Basquiat envied him; Warhol, William Boroughs and Grace Jones collaborated with him. Madonna and he shared the same tastes in men. Famous at 25, dead from AIDS at 31, Keith Haring is remembered as a Pied Piper, an unpretentious communicator who appeared happiest when mentoring a gang of kids, arming them with brushes and attacking the nearest wall.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1786277875
• ISBN13: 9781786277879
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Laurence King
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.7" x 6.9"