May 4, 2012

Remembering Keith Haring...


Grace Jones performing at Roseland Ballroom, NYC on New Years Eve: 1987
 wearing a towering skirt and body paint, both by Keith Haring

Today should have been Keith Haring's birthday, but we lost him too soon. Anyone who grew up in NYC during the eighties has lived with Keith Haring as part of the urban landscape, his public artworks appearing frequently on buildings, sidewalks and playgrounds. He was an artist who took graffiti to a new level and taught New Yorkers to embrace street art. I miss his work and continue to look for it on a regular basis. Whenever I come across a bit, usually in and around SoHo, I get the overwhelming feeling that everything is right with the world. That's one powerful gift he's left us.

Thank you, Keith. Wish you were here...