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Keith Haring Run Dmc Adidas 1986 poster (vintage Keith Haring)
1986

Name: Keith Haring Run Dmc Adidas 1986 poster (vintage Keith Haring)
Brand: (after) Keith Haring
Price: 825 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

Keith Haring Run DMC Adidas Poster 1986: Rare original Keith Haring illustrated Run DMC promotional poster published in collaboration with Adidas and Keith Haring. The New York based band Run DMC was one of the first hip-hop and rap bands to reach a general audience. They made the Adidas Superstar sneaker their trademark for their 1986 tour. Keith Haring painted the background for the photo shoot of the poster. Featured in the catalogue raisonné Keith Haring: Posters (Prestel Publishing entry 43). Dimensions: 21 x 33 inches. Minor signs of handling; good overall vintage condition. Unsigned from an edition of unknown. Rare. Run DMC: More than any other hip-hop group, Run-D.M.C. are responsible for the sound and style of the music. As the first hardcore rap outfit, the trio set the sound and style for the next decade of rap. With their spare beats and excursions into heavy metal samples, the trio were tougher and more menacing than their predecessors Grandmaster Flash and Whodini. In the process, they opened the door for both the politicized rap of Public Enemy and Boogie Down Productions, as well as the hedonistic gangsta fantasies of N.W.A. At the same time, Run-D.M.C. helped move rap from a singles-oriented genre to an album-oriented one -- they were the first hip-hop artist to construct full-fledged albums, not just collections with two singles and a bunch of filler. By the end of the '80s, Run-D.M.C. had been overtaken by the groups they had spawned, but they continued to perform to a dedicated following well into the '90s. __ Keith Haring (American, 1958–1990), a Neo-Pop and Graffiti artist, had a short but prolific career centered on a vision to unite “high art,” urban aesthetics, and public spaces using humorous, irreverent, and poignant works. Born in Pennsylvania, Haring attended the Ivy School of Art in Pittsburgh for two years, planning to become a commercial artist. He found this path unsatisfying, and instead chose to study at the School of Visual Arts in New York, where he met fellow artists Jean Michel Basquiat and Kenny Scharf. Haring immersed himself in the culture of the city’s streets and clubs, and, in 1980, began covering the blank billboards on subway station walls with his Subway drawings in chalk. Haring’s bold public art attracted the attention of several galleries, and, by the early 1980s, he was painting Neo-Pop works and large murals full time. In an effort to make his art widely accessible, Haring opened the Pop Shop in 1986 in downtown New York, selling commercial items adorned with his signature, cartoonish imagery. Haring combined graffiti, hip-hop, and urban aesthetics, frequently depicting animals, figures, commercial icons, sexual imagery, and childlike motifs in pieces that were both playful and concerned with social issues. His work became increasingly confrontational following his 1987 diagnosis of AIDS. Haring resolved to work harder than ever in his remaining years, creating pieces with a fervent speed and devoting his art to social action in addition to his personal expression. In 1989, he established the Keith Haring Foundation, whose goal is to promote art programs and public spaces for children, and to raise awareness about AIDS. Haring died on February 16, 1990 in New York at the age of 31. In addition to hundreds of exhibitions held during his lifetime, Haring has been the subject of numerous retrospectives in New York, San Francisco, Paris, Tokyo, Los Angeles and Berlin since his death. Related Categories Vintage Keith Haring poster. Keith Haring prints. Keith Haring in the Pop Shop. Keith Haring photo. Tseng Kwong Chi.

Creator:

(after) Keith Haring (1958 - 1990, American)

Creation Year:

1986

Dimensions:

Height: 33 in (83.82 cm)Width: 21 in (53.34 cm)

Medium:

Offset,Lithograph

Movement & Style:

Pop Art

Period:

1980-1989