In depth analysis, Keith Haring.

Keith Allen Haring was an artist and social activist in the 1980s on wards who's work could be found in the streets of New York City and it explored concepts of birth, death, sex drug and war. Originally he studied commercial art but lost interest and moved into fine art. When he was 19 he moved to New York and was inspired by the graffiti and began studding at the school of visual arts in Manhattan. He received his first attention in the subways of the New York for his chalked drawings. His uniquely simple pop art style of using bold lines and vibrant colours appear childish at first but are the feature that  draw an audience, spreading strong messages of life and unity. I have began looking into his work because of his use of bold imagery and vibrant colours which i will try to incorporate into my work to capture my audience.

The Radiant Baby became known as his symbol when he started out in the early 80s. It has also been known by names such as the radiant christ. He describes the radiant baby as the purest and most positive experience of human existence. This piece is strongly linked to the his religious beleifs as the birth of christ is regard as miracle in itself, the idea of a child being born to bring salvation to the world. In my personal opinion I think that the purest idea from this belief is the idea that as a baby Christ didn't know what he was going to be, he was naive to the purpose of his birth at that point he was like every other child born and every other child like him. 

Link: Keith Haring Died on the 16th of February 1990 of aids related complications an in his honor, Madonna declared a benefit concert Where all of the ticket proceeds went to AIDS related charities. The Image above was from an album created by the charity and features Keith's work on the front in his characteristic style. The vibrant colours aid the dancing figures giving a feeling of life most likely what they are trying to inspire into HIV suffers as well as to others that your life isn't over just because you have it.