Keith Haring: Journey of the Radiant Baby Attraction Details

Keith Haring: Journey of the Radiant Baby
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The exhibition, Keith Haring: Journey of the Radiant Baby, is the first to explore Haring's transformation of 1980s youth culture into an artistic vision that reshaped the art world and attracted a worldwide audience. The exhibition, co-curated by Dr. Rachael Arauz and Ron Roth, brings together nearly 100 of Haring's works, including his trademark painted tarps, sculpture, prints, furniture and paintings, many of which have never before been exhibited. Exhibition highlights include a selection of the original New York Subway drawings that played a critical role in establishing his fame and one of his last works, a haunting gold finished altarpiece, on exclusive loan from the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine in New York City. This exhibition and accompanying catalogue document for the first time the unique body of work he completed through collaborations with young friends and artists such as LA II, Kenny Scharf, Basquiat, Sean Kalish, Zena Scharf, Sean Lennon, and Nina Clemente. The exhibition also includes some of Haring's most memorable public art projects including a section of the Chicago Mural Project from 1989, the mural he produced for the White House Easter Egg Hunt in 1988, and the installation of the complete construction fence he designed for Marquette University in 1983. Part of the exhibition is devoted to Haring's association with his hometown in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, and includes newly discovered work from his years growing up there. Haring remains one of the most popular and controversial artists of the late twentieth century. Known for his combination of talent, charisma and protean energy, he created unified, powerful compositions with compelling imagery that captured the attention of the public and catapulted him into international recognition that continues to this day.

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