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KEITH HARING

In 1958, Keith was born in Reading, Pennsylvania

As a child he was fascinated by the cartoon art of Walt Disney He spent many hours drawing cartoons with his father

INSPIRATION

POP ART

GRAFFITI ART

• Began in the 1950s • Style of art that is described as simple, bold images of everyday items, such as soup cans, painted in bright colors. • Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein

• Popular in the 1970’s and 1980’s • Began in New York and Philadelphia • Craze for decorating the urban environment through the use of aerosol spray paint and markers • Form of public art

THE SUBWAY ARTIST He began his career i n t h e N e w Yo r k c i t y subway station He would create his artwork on the black s where ments would go with easily removable white chalk

CHARACTERISTICS OF KEITH’S WORK • Focal point of one or more simple figures -radiating baby, dancing people and dogs • Showed movement or sound with little lines • Simple area of pattern • Bold, bright, solid color • Heavy black outline

C R E AT E A C L AY T I L E I N S P I R E D BY KEITH HARING

Design needs to include: 1. Simple figure with a heavy black outline 2. Lines that indicate or show movement 3. An area with a simple pattern 4. Bold, bright, solid colors

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