c.2013
Keith Haring began experimenting with his bold, graphic lines and cartoon-inspired figures on the walls of New York City subway stations in the early 1980s. He called them his “laboratory,” places to develop a radical new aesthetic based on an ideology of creating truly democratic public art.
Haring’s paintings, prints and murals address the universal themes of death, love and sex, as well as contemporary issues he experienced personally, like the crack-cocaine and AIDS epidemics. They derive much of their impact from the powerful contrast between these serious subjects and the joyful, vibrant pictographic language he uses to express them, full of dancing figures, babies, barking dogs, hearts and rhythmic lines, as well as references to pop culture.
To make his art even more accessible, in 1986, Haring opened the Pop Shop in Soho. In a foreshadowing of today’s intermingling of art and fashion, the shop sold merchandise and novelty items featuring imagery by Haring and contemporaries like Kenny Scharf and Jean-Michel Basquiat. While his works sometimes included text, for the most part, he chose to communicate through drawing.
“Drawing is still basically the same as it has been since prehistoric times,” Haring once declared. “It lives through magic.”
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Keith Haring, Baby Skate Board Collector
Located in Saint-Didier, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Keith Haring - Baby Skate board Collector Published by Alien workshop circa 2008 Front and back decoration 80.5 x 20.5 - size 825 XX Condition :...
Wood
Keith Haring Skateboard Deck (Keith Haring Mickey Mouse)
By (after) Keith Haring
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Keith Haring Mickey Mouse Skateboard Deck: Standout Keith Haring Skateboard Deck featuring lush, vibrant, fun colors & classic early 1980s Keith Haring Mickey Mouse imagery. A brilli...
Wood
Keith Haring, AVE Skate Board Collector
Located in Saint-Didier, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Keith Haring - AVE Skate board Collector Éditée par Alien workshop, circa 2008 Decor recto et verso 80.5 x 20.5 - size 8.125 État: Neuf 390 Euros.
Wood
Keith Haring, MIKEY Skate Board Collector
Located in Saint-Didier, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Keith Haring - MIKEY Skate board Collector Published by Alien workshop circa 2008 Front and back decoration 80.5 x 20.5 - size 825 XX Condition ...
Wood
Keith Haring, GRANT Skate Board Collector
Located in Saint-Didier, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Keith Haring - GRANT Skate board Collector Published by Alien workshop circa 2008 Front and back decoration 80.5 x 20.5 - size 825 XX Condition : N...
Wood
Yayoi Kusama Skateboard Deck
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Yayoi Kusama MoMa Skateboard Deck: This Kusama skateboard deck features Kusama's Dots Obsession imagery and makes for standout Kusama wall art that hangs with ease. Published by MoMa...
Wood
$5,500
H 31 in W 8 in D 1 in
With All My Flowering Heart limited edition skateboard set
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Washington , DC, DC
The Broad x Yayoi Kusama Limited edition Set of three Limited Edition silkscreens on maplewood skate deck triptych 31.00 x 8.00 x 0.25 in 78.7 x 20.3 x 0.6 cm Edition of 500, prin...
Wood, Maple
Keith Haring: Into 1984/Tony Shafrazi Gallery
By Keith Haring
Located in New York, NY
Color offset lithograph. Signed and dated in felt-tip pen and pink ink, lower right. Published by Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York.
Color, Lithograph, Offset
$3,850
H 31 in W 8 in
KAWS - Early Limited Edition Green Snake Skate Deck maplewood Skateboard 88/400
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
Krooked x KAWS Limited edition silkscreen on 100% Canadian 7-ply maplewood skate deck skateboard Signed on the deck on the verso with KAWS copyright ...
Plywood, Screen
Camouflage (set of 5 skateboard decks)
By Andy Warhol
Located in Washington , DC, DC
Maharishi x Andy Warhol Foundation Set of 5 skateboard decks, 2007 Stamped signature From an unnumbered edition of 100
Wood, Lithograph
Keith Haring Skateboard Deck (Keith Haring three eyed face)
By (after) Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring Skateboard Deck 2019: Sold out, limited edition estate trademarked Keith Haring Skateboard Deck featuring the artist's iconic imagery. This work is from a sold out colla...
Wood, Screen
Keith Haring Skateboard Deck (Keith Haring skate deck)
By (after) Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring Skateboard Deck 2012: Rare vintage Keith Haring Skateboard Deck featuring one of the artist's iconic crocodiles set amidst a brilliant mix of colors. This work originat...
Screen, Wood
Keith Haring Skateboard Decks c. 2019 (set of 2 works)
By (after) Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring Skateboard Decks 2019: Sold out, limited edition estate trademarked Keith Haring Skateboard Decks featuring the artist's iconic imagery. These works are from a sold out ...
Wood, Screen
Keith Haring Skateboard Deck (Keith Haring skate deck)
By (after) Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring Skateboard Deck 2019: Sold out, limited edition; estate trademarked Keith Haring Skateboard Deck featuring the artist's iconic imagery. This work is from a sold out coll...
Wood, Screen
Keith Haring Skateboard Deck (Keith Haring three eyed face)
By (after) Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring Skateboard Deck 2019: Sold out, limited edition estate trademarked Keith Haring Skateboard Deck featuring the artist's iconic imagery. This work is from a sold out colla...
Wood, Screen
Supreme x Damien Hirst Skateboard Deck
By Damien Hirst
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Supreme x Damien Hirst Spin Series Skate Deck, 2009 Medium: Screenprint in colors on polychrome wood skateboard deck. Dimensions: 31.1 x 7.68 in (78.99 x 19.51 cm). Stamped signat...
Wood, Screen
