keith haring – TOKIDOKI (NOMAD)

HARLEM, NEW YORK STREET ART: CRACK IS WACK by KEITH HARING

Published on December 1, 2019 by jacquelinemhadel2 Comments

𝗖𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗜𝘀 𝗪𝗮𝗰𝗸 .

𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗘 𝟭𝟮𝟴 𝗦𝗧, 𝟮 𝗔𝗩𝗘 & 𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗘𝗠 𝗥𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗗𝗥𝗜𝗩𝗘

𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗺𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗹

𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀: 𝗣𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁

𝗖𝗮𝘀𝘁: 𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟲

𝗗𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱: 𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟲

𝗙𝗮𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿: 𝗞𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 (𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁)

𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿: 𝗞𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴

“Painted on a handball court wall, the mural is composed of Haring’s signature kinetic figures and abstract forms in bold outlines. The mural cautions against crack cocaine, whose use reached epidemic proportions in the mid-to-late 1980s.” (nycgovparks)

𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲𝗺, 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 🇺🇸 𝟮𝟴𝗻𝗼𝘃19

JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA STREET ART: “HARING’S GHOST” ~ CHIP SOUTHWORTH

Published on November 10, 2015November 10, 2015 by jacquelinemhadel1 Comment

“The anonymous artist painting city utility boxes in the name of equality, love and Keith Haring has been nabbed…”

is is how the story began in an article on March 19, 2014 posted online at http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2014-03-19/story/sheriffs-office-arrests-unmasks-keith-harings-ghost

Here are the only three remaining images in the city of Jacksonville related to this street art triumph. When this particular event occurred in Jacksonville, this is when I started paying attention to the scene there. Anyone that puts beautiful work out there with strong social messages and with an obvious respect for a pioneering iconic artist…is a hero in my book. Not a villain: