Keith Haring: 1958-1990: a Life for Art (Taschen 25th Anniversary Special Edition) - Hardcover

Kolossa, Alexandra

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3836512564 ISBN 13: 9783836512565

Verlag: Taschen GmbH, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

Happy land: The cheerful art of street culture's most famous proponent

 

By the time of his death from AIDS at the age of 31, Keith Haring (1958-1990) was already a wildly successful and popular artist. Haring’s original and instantly recognizable style, full of thick black lines, bold colors, and graffiti-inspired cartoon-like figures, won him the appreciation of both the art world and the general public; his work appeared simultaneously on T-shirts, gallery walls, and public murals. In 1986, Haring founded Pop Shop, a boutique in New York’s SoHo selling Haring-designed memorabilia, to benefit charities and help bring his work closer to the public and especially street kids, with whom he never lost contact.

 

About the Series:
Each book in TASCHEN’s Basic Art series features:

• a detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the artist, covering his or her cultural and historical importance
• a concise biography
• approximately 100 illustrations with explanatory captions

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Alexandra Kolossa studied art history, German literature, and business administration in Trier. She earned her doctorate in 2003. Since 1998 she has been a freelance author and contemporary art exhibition curator. She lives and works in Düren, Germany.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Taschen GmbH
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 3836512564
• ISBN 13: 9783836512565
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 96
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: TASCHEN GmbH; contact@taschen.com; ; Hohenzollernring 53. D; K�ln; 50672; Deutschland