1. All children are artists.
The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.
Pablo Picasso

2. Usually outside, in public.
Public Art
Art for everyone to see.
Usually outside, in public.
Ra’anana

3. Graffiti It is usually writing on the walls. Sometimes it also has
pictures. It is usually
painted or sprayed
in public places (walls).
Tel Aviv

4. Brasil
On a train

5. Israel

6. Israel
U.S.A.

7. Meet the artist and his art ….

8. Keith Haring was born on May 4, 1958, in Pennsylvania, USA.

9. His family
Keith was the oldest of 4 children. He had 3 sisters: Kay, Karen and Kristel.

10. He died on February 16th 1990
at the age of 31.

11. His studies When he finished school he studied art in the
Ivy School of Art in Pittsburgh and in the
School of Visual Arts in New York.

12. The beginning
He started to draw when he was a very small boy, learning to draw cartoons from his father.

13. New York He went to live in New York in 1978 .
Because he had little money,
Keith went everywhere in
the subway in New York.
One day, he saw empty black
paper which was used to
cover up old ads.
Quickly he bought some
white chalk and came back
to draw.

14. Drawings in the subway walls
He loved to draw in subway walls. He knew that this was the perfect place for him to draw.
" I drew during the day,
there were always people
watching, from little kids
to old ladies."

15. Keith began drawing his own graffiti on the streets
Keith began drawing his own graffiti on the streets. He invented his own signature:
an animal, which looked like a dog.

16. and a little person crawling on all fours, that became The Baby.
"The Radiant Baby"

17. In this way, Keith
began to build his
own personal
“vocabulary”. He
wanted young
people to
understand his art.

18. The drawings were simple :
pyramids
flying saucers
human figures
winged figures
television sets
animals
babies
people with no faces

19. He became famous Soon the people of New York
who rode the subways began
recognizing these drawing,
although they had no idea
who made them.
Keith started to become famous.
The people liked his work
very much.
Later it was also on TV
and in the newspaper.

20. He drew about birth, death, love, friendship and war
He drew about birth, death, love, friendship and war. About the real world and what young people feel, with no difference of age, race or color.

21. He wanted his drawings and pictures to be on the streets so that everybody would be able to see them. He wanted his art to be outside not inside museums.

22. He drew in :
schools
hospitals
murals on the streets
youth clubs
swatch watches
parks and other
public places

23. In the USA

24. He also did sculptures and murals in many places around the world:

25. Berlin- Germany Paris- France Monte Carlo
London- England
Pisa- Italy
California- USA

26. He was inspired by children’s drawings and scribbles.
He loved children and worked with them helping them draw murals in clubs, hospitals and schools in their poor neighborhoods. He also taught them art.
“There is nothing that
makes me happier than
making a child smile."

27. The Pop Shop His pictures and sculptures became
very famous and very expensive.
Keith wanted everybody to be able
to buy his work so he opened his
Pop Shop to sell his art on posters,
buttons, magnets, T-shirts, toys
and games.

29. The Keith Haring Foundation
Keith Haring wanted to help people and through his foundation he still helps them, mainly :
Giving education and opportunities
to poor children
Helping people with AIDS

30. Keith Haring