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| Tate Liverpool to stage major Keith Haring exhibition | Tate Liverpool to stage major Keith Haring exhibition |
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| Tate Liverpool is to stage the first big UK show devoted to the American artist Keith Haring, who died in 1990 aged just 31. | Tate Liverpool is to stage the first big UK show devoted to the American artist Keith Haring, who died in 1990 aged just 31. |
| A brief history of protest art from the 1940s until now - in pictures | A brief history of protest art from the 1940s until now - in pictures |
| The gallery plans to show more than 85 works, including large drawings and paintings, most of them on display in the UK for the first time. There will also be printed flyers and posters, video, and in some rooms thumping electro hip-hop. | The gallery plans to show more than 85 works, including large drawings and paintings, most of them on display in the UK for the first time. There will also be printed flyers and posters, video, and in some rooms thumping electro hip-hop. |
| “We are really aiming to bring to life the cultural energy and edginess of 1980s New York City,” said the show’s curator, Darren Pih. | “We are really aiming to bring to life the cultural energy and edginess of 1980s New York City,” said the show’s curator, Darren Pih. |
| Haring was born in rural Pennsylvania in 1958 and moved to New York aged 20, becoming part of the street art scene. He was friends with figures such as Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Madonna and Grace Jones. | Haring was born in rural Pennsylvania in 1958 and moved to New York aged 20, becoming part of the street art scene. He was friends with figures such as Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Madonna and Grace Jones. |
| He is best known for the recognisable visual motifs he created – crawling babies, barking dogs and flying saucers – as well as his political activism. | He is best known for the recognisable visual motifs he created – crawling babies, barking dogs and flying saucers – as well as his political activism. |
| Haring contributed to nuclear disarmament campaigns, designed anti-apartheid posters, and created the famous Crack Is Wack mural in Harlem. As a gay man, his work as an Aids activist and educator is seen as one of his lasting legacies and the Liverpool show will highlight his activism through pieces including his 1989 poster Ignorance = Fear. | Haring contributed to nuclear disarmament campaigns, designed anti-apartheid posters, and created the famous Crack Is Wack mural in Harlem. As a gay man, his work as an Aids activist and educator is seen as one of his lasting legacies and the Liverpool show will highlight his activism through pieces including his 1989 poster Ignorance = Fear. |
| Haring’s career was brief. He died from Aids-related complications on 16 February 1990. |The Keith Haring Foundation has been working closely with Tate Liverpool on the 2019 show. | Haring’s career was brief. He died from Aids-related complications on 16 February 1990. |The Keith Haring Foundation has been working closely with Tate Liverpool on the 2019 show. |
| Helen Legg, the director of Tate Liverpool, said the city and the artist had much in common. “They’re both politically engaged with a history of activism, a strong sense of social justice and a love of music and fashion. | Helen Legg, the director of Tate Liverpool, said the city and the artist had much in common. “They’re both politically engaged with a history of activism, a strong sense of social justice and a love of music and fashion. |
| “Tate Liverpool is proud to be bringing this major exhibition and reassessment of Keith Haring to the city.” | “Tate Liverpool is proud to be bringing this major exhibition and reassessment of Keith Haring to the city.” |
| She said Haring’s activism and political engagement made the timing of the UK show particularly relevant. “Life and art really do walk a tightrope in Keith Haring’s work. He wanted to collapse distinctions between high and low and for his work to reach a really wide audience beyond the gallery.” | She said Haring’s activism and political engagement made the timing of the UK show particularly relevant. “Life and art really do walk a tightrope in Keith Haring’s work. He wanted to collapse distinctions between high and low and for his work to reach a really wide audience beyond the gallery.” |
| Pih said the exhibition would give a more “nuanced and complex” picture of Haring than is sometimes presented. Haring was both accessible and sophisticated, he said. “His popular reach doesn’t undermine his position as one of the most significant cultural figures and artists of the late 20th century.” | Pih said the exhibition would give a more “nuanced and complex” picture of Haring than is sometimes presented. Haring was both accessible and sophisticated, he said. “His popular reach doesn’t undermine his position as one of the most significant cultural figures and artists of the late 20th century.” |
| • Keith Haring is at Tate Liverpool from 14 June to 10 November 2019. | • Keith Haring is at Tate Liverpool from 14 June to 10 November 2019. |
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