One of my favorite pop artist Keith Haring, is currently showing at the Brooklyn Museum March 16th, through July 8th, 2012. Mr. Haring's work is best known for his original cartoon caricatures. Haring's art has crossed several mediums of the art world; including drawings, paintings, collages, sculptures, performances, videos, as well as installations. His work is not only produced in these traditional art forms but is widely known for evolving into wearable art. In 1986 Haring opened the Pop Shop, a retail store in Soho selling T-shirts, buttons, posters, toys and magnets amongst other unique merchandise. The intention of the Pop Shop was to be an extension of his work and provide a unique shopping atmosphere where his products could me purchased often cheaper then in galleries.

Untitled, 1981
Marker on Terracotta

by Jeffrey Deitch, Keith Haring, Suzanne Geiss, Julia Gruen - Rizzoli (2008.10.28) - hardback - 522 pages

The Garden of Radio Delight-1984

Haring was diagnosed with AIDS in 1988. In 1989, he established the Keith Haring Foundation, its mandate being to provide funding and imagery to AIDS organizations and children’s programs, and to expand the audience for Haring’s work through exhibitions, publications and the licensing of his images. Haring enlisted his imagery during the last years of his life to speak about his own illness and generate activism and awareness about AIDS.

During a brief but intense career that spanned the 1980s, Haring’s work was featured in over 100 solo and group exhibitions. In 1986 alone, he was the subject of more than 40 newspaper and magazine articles. He was highly sought after to participate in collaborative projects ,and worked with artists and performers as diverse as Madonna, Grace Jones, Bill T. Jones, William Burroughs, Timothy Leary, Jenny Holzer, Yoko Ono and Andy Warhol.

Full biography available at http://www.haring.com/home.php

http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/keith_haring/