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Paperback. Zustand: Fine. 96 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 23 cm. English Edition. Firm binding, clean inside copy. *** "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. / Alexandra Kolossa studied art history, German literature, and business administration in Trier. She took her doctorate in 2003. Since 1998 she has been a freelance author and contemporary art exhibition curator. She lives and works in D ren." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: Art is life, life is art; How the baby learned to walk; Art, Commerce and Children; Sex and Crime; The Finale; Chronology. Size: 8vo.…