all children are artists. the problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. pablo picasso
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Graffiti It is usually writing on the walls. Sometimes it also has pictures. It is usually painted or sprayed in public places (walls). Tel AvivTRANSCRIPT
All children are artists .The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.
Pablo Picasso
Public Art
Art for everyone to see.
Usually outside, in public.
Ra’anana
Graffiti
It is usually writing on the walls. Sometimes it also has pictures. It is usuallypainted or sprayed in public places (walls).
Tel Aviv
On a train
Brasil
Israel
U.S.A.
Peru
Keith Haring was born on May 4, 1958, in Pennsylvania, USA.
His family
Keith was the oldest of 4 children. He had 3 sisters: Kay, Karen and Kristel.
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.
The beginning
He started to draw when he was a very small boy, learning to draw cartoons from his father.
New YorkHe went to live in New Yorkin 1978 .Because he had little money,Keith went everywhere inthe subway in New York. One day, he saw empty blackpaper which were used tocover up old ads. Quickly he bought somewhite chalk and came backto draw.
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."
Keith began drawing his own graffiti on the streets. He invented his own signature:
• an animal, which looked like a dog.
• and a little person crawling on all fours, that became The Baby.
"The Radiant Baby"
In this way, Keithbegan to build hisown personal“vocabulary”. Hewanted youngpeople tounderstand his art.
The drawings were simple :
• pyramids• flying saucers• human figures• winged figures• television sets• animals • babies• people with no faces
He became famousSoon the people of New York who rode the subways beganrecognizing these drawing, although they had no idea who made them. Keith started to become famous.The people liked his workvery much. Later it was also on TV and in the newspaper.
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.
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.
He drew in: schoolshospitalsmurals on the streetsyouth clubsswatch watchesparks and otherpublic places
In the USA
He also did sculptures and murals in many places around the world:
Berlin- Germany Paris- France Monte Carlo
Pisa- Italy London- England California- USA
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."
The Pop ShopHis 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.
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
Keith Haring