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Keith Haring (1958-1990) was, in the early eighties, one of the driving forces behind the alternative art circuit in New York. Together with other artists - graffiti artists, musicians and performance artists - Haring brought art out of the somewhat closed circuit of museums and galleries onto the streets and into night life. Haring’s main claim to fame are the subway drawings, which he drew between 1980 and 1985 in white chalk on the disused black advertising hoardings in the New York metro system. That he exhibited at prestigious exhibitions such as Dokumenta 7 did not prevent him from opening a Pop Shop in Soho, where he sold T-shirts, buttons and other knick-knacks printed with his drawings. Haring participated in all sorts of collaborative projects and gave workshops for children; one of these he gave in 1986 at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.
Amsterdam still has a wall painting by Keith Haring in the public area.
Channels: Contemporary Art
Artists: Ewoud van RijnRené Magritte
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