Keith Haring
Keith Haring Pop Up Book
Details
The officially licensed Keith Haring Pop Up Book explores the artist’s iconic artwork through three dimensional pop up spreads. The following works have been re-created for this book: Sculptures, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, Pop Shop Grid, Dog, Silence=Death & Houston Street Mural
Includes eight spreads (6 pop ups)
Spreads open flat to 11″ x 17″
Paper engineering by Simon Arizpe
Keith Haring
Bridging the gap between the art world and the street, Keith Haring rose to prominence in the early 1980s with his graffiti drawings made in the subways and on the sidewalks of New York City. Combining the appeal of cartoons with the raw energy of Art Brut artists like Jean DuBuffet, Haring developed a distinct pop-graffiti aesthetic centered on fluid, bold outlines against a dense, rhythmic overspread of imagery like that of babies, barking dogs, flying saucers, hearts, and Mickey Mouse. In his subway drawings and murals, Haring explored themes of exploitation, subjugation, drug abuse, and rising fears of nuclear holocaust, which became increasingly apocalyptic after his AIDS diagnosis. Alongside Jean-Michel Basquiat, Kenny Scharf, and Jenny Holzer, Haring is regarded as a leading figure in New York East Village Art scene in the 1970s and '80s.
