Thanks to the generous collaboration of the Keith Haring Foundation, we can take in a survey of the artist’s black and white compositions, which very clearly convey Haring’s pure lines and energetic process, at Pace Prints in New York.
In a career that began in the early 1980’s and during a time when subway stations in NYC were filled with graffiti art, Haring stuck out because his art wasn’t about himself (as was the case in many of these guerrilla artists)… it was meant to evolve into political statements which came out of simplified doodles. In a time when the news was consumed by Africa’s apartheid, lack of compassion for our environment, an extremely popular Republican president and inaction against the AIDS epidemic (which eventually claimed Haring’s life in 1990 at the young age of 31), Haring was realized that his hieroglyphics could serve as protest.
This past May, Untitled (September 14,1986) surpassed the $2-$3 million estimate and fetched over $4.86 million by hedge-fund manager and art collector, Adam Sender, to add to his existing collection. Lucky for those of us not in the market for a $5 million dollar art piece, you can purchase a wonderful screen print on plywood (dated 1986) for a tenth of that price… might not be a bad call considering the limited supply of this popular artist!
Visit the “Keith Haring” Exhibition at Pace Prints now through December 24, 2014, click here for more information.
Exhibition view at Pace, December 2014.
Image courtesy: Slam Hype Blog
This piece, Haring’s, Untitled (September 14,1986) sold at auction in May 2014 significantly above the estimate.
Image courtesy: Sotheby’s