ZARA x Keith Haring T-shirt

2010 is the 20th anniversary of the dead artist Keith Haring, and Zara in his honor, and used 6 types of the most representative works of Keith Haring, launched the Keith Haring x ZARA limited T-series in 2010. Total six styles of Keith Haringthe's most representative works will be on sale this week in ZARA.

T-shirts as the theme of Keith Haring most commonly used bright colors, red, green, yellow and other colors, as well as neutral colors such as white, black, gray mix and match from, vibrant patterns. Also, T-shirt with self-portrait of Keith Haring should not to miss!



Keith Haring

He is the 1980s, street painting artists, whose works with a strong pop art style, full of strong bright colors, simple broad-brush outline the human form and animal shapes. His earliest works is created in 1980. He posted posters in the New York subway station, and using white chalk graffiti, mostly coarse contour line, monochrome hollow abstraction, animal patterns, his work is often like some kind of complex pattern, a variety of patterns to fill the whole composition, and often there is no perspective, no texture, but with the feelings of the many symbolic, such as barking dogs, kneeling on the tummy of the villain.

Soon, the reputation of Keith Haring (Keith Haring) in New York art world was spread. Colombian television interviewed him in 1983, his graffiti in the subway station, and showed the condition when he was caught complement, making him a famous name overnight. And then continue to hold the exhibition and creation. According to Newsweek reported in 1984, Keith Haring, a painting, " the dog who wearing the crocodile mask " was price up to U.S. $ 20,000. In addition, he was also invited to many museums, for action painting. In 1985, the National Museum of Contemporary Art in France and the Netherlands National Museum of Art organized thematic exhibitions. 1986 Soho in New York City, he opened a grocery store to the sale his own works which was called the "Pop Shop".

In 1988, he found himself suffering from AIDS, 1989, the Keith Haring Foundation was established, the main purpose is to promote child welfare programs. He died  in 1990 because
of AIDS when he was 31 years old. His paintings in the 20th century have become one of the striking visual language.

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