Keith Haring: 1958-1990: a Life for Art - Couverture rigide

Kolossa, Alexandra

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3836512564 ISBN 13 : 9783836512565

Editeur : Taschen GmbH, 2013

Synopsis

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

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Taschen GmbH
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3836512564
• ISBN 13: 9783836512565
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 96
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: TASCHEN GmbH; contact@taschen.com; ; Hohenzollernring 53. D; K�ln; 50672; Allemagne