Keith Haring
Keith Haring Pop Up Book Altarpiece Edition
Details
The special Altarpiece edition includes the Keith Haring Pop Up Book with an alternate silver foil stamped case wrap, the Once Upon A Time… bathroom diorama, one copy of the Love greeting card and comes housed in a bespoke wooden Altarpiece case. The book includes the following works that have been re-created in pop up: Sculptures, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, Pop Shop Grid, Dog, Silence=Death and the Houston Street Mural. The Altarpiece case is made from laser etched MDF with silver paint, with screen printed text on the interior panels and a velvet lined inner section that holds the pop up book and the Once Upon A Time… diorama. The Once Upon A Time… accordion book re-creates the iconic NYC LGBTQ Center mural as an interactive pop up diorama.
Altarpiece case is approx. 18″ x 12″ x 2.5″
Once Upon A Time… is approx. 7″ x 11″ flat and opens to 7″ x 40″
Book is approx. 9″ x 12″ x 2″
Weighs approx. 14/15 lbs including packaging
Paper engineering by Simon
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.
