But the lighter influences of Pop were also essential to the acceptance of artists who came up outside the gallery walls. Haring also got his start on the streets and, pivotally, on the subway, where he found open space for his graffiti. His vibrating, rounded archetypes of dogs, babies, and radiant hearts were accessible, even when they depicted darker themes. Built beneath his easy branding was a foundation of political activism. Haring’s art heightened awareness of the most important issues of the age—apartheid, the escalating abuse of crack cocaine, and, most poignantly, the AIDS epidemic, which would take Haring’s own life in in 1990. Andy Mouse (1986) offers a critique of the commodification of artists, as jubilant dancing figures buckle under the weight of a dollar bill featuring Warhol as the Disney icon.
Art that appealed to the public quickly found support in the ’80s, allowing Haring to produce more than 50 large-scale works during the decade, including the 77-foot-long, 24-panel mural he completed—in a single day—for the South of Market Child Care Center in San Francisco. A recent retrospective at the city’s de Young Museum demonstrates the beloved reputation he continues to enjoy.
But the lighter influences of Pop were also essential to the acceptance of artists who came up outside the gallery walls. Haring also got his start on the streets and, pivotally, on the subway, where he found open space for his graffiti. His vibrating, rounded archetypes of dogs, babies, and radiant hearts were accessible, even when they depicted darker themes. Built beneath his easy branding was a foundation of political activism. Haring’s art heightened awareness of the most important issues of the age—apartheid, the escalating abuse of crack cocaine, and, most poignantly, the AIDS epidemic, which would take Haring’s own life in in 1990. Andy Mouse (1986) offers a critique of the commodification of artists, as jubilant dancing figures buckle under the weight of a dollar bill featuring Warhol as the Disney icon.Art that appealed to the public quickly found support in the ’80s, allowing Haring to produce more than 50 large-scale works during the decade, including the 77-foot-long, 24-panel mural he completed—in a single day—for the South of Market Child Care Center in San Francisco. A recent retrospective at the city’s de Young Museum demonstrates the beloved reputation he continues to enjoy.
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