%3Cp%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22//92lock.levect.com/hkresource/01/12/1651164752215921201.webp@!fw360?eid=__EID__%22%20alt=%22%22%20data-href=%22//92lock.levect.com/hkresource/01/12/1651164752215921201.webp@!fw360?eid=__EID__&width=1440&height=750%22%20style=%22%22/%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3EKeith&nbsp;Haring&nbsp;was&nbsp;an&nbsp;American&nbsp;neo-pop&nbsp;artist,&nbsp;active&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;1980s.&nbsp;Keith's&nbsp;works&nbsp;are&nbsp;very&nbsp;different&nbsp;from&nbsp;traditional&nbsp;paintings.&nbsp;They&nbsp;are&nbsp;simple&nbsp;and&nbsp;direct,&nbsp;often&nbsp;repeating&nbsp;several&nbsp;patterns,&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;content&nbsp;is&nbsp;often&nbsp;cartoon-like.&nbsp;Stick&nbsp;figures,&nbsp;babies,&nbsp;dogs,&nbsp;flying&nbsp;saucers,&nbsp;televisions&nbsp;and&nbsp;graphics&nbsp;frequently&nbsp;appear&nbsp;in&nbsp;his&nbsp;paintings.&nbsp;The&nbsp;colors&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;painting&nbsp;were&nbsp;initially&nbsp;three&nbsp;primary&nbsp;colors,&nbsp;but&nbsp;they&nbsp;were&nbsp;still&nbsp;the&nbsp;basic&nbsp;colors,&nbsp;although&nbsp;they&nbsp;were&nbsp;added&nbsp;later.%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22//92lock.levect.com/hkresource/58/18/1651164766266991858.jpeg@!fw360?eid=__EID__%22%20alt=%22%22%20data-href=%22//92lock.levect.com/hkresource/58/18/1651164766266991858.jpeg@!fw360?eid=__EID__&width=1024&height=675%22%20style=%22%22/%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3EHaring&nbsp;was&nbsp;a&nbsp;street&nbsp;graffiti&nbsp;painter&nbsp;at&nbsp;first.&nbsp;Telephone&nbsp;poles,&nbsp;concrete&nbsp;poles,&nbsp;billboards,&nbsp;and&nbsp;signboards&nbsp;all&nbsp;became&nbsp;his&nbsp;canvases,&nbsp;and&nbsp;brushes&nbsp;ranged&nbsp;from&nbsp;pencils&nbsp;to&nbsp;spray&nbsp;paint&nbsp;cans&nbsp;and&nbsp;brushes,&nbsp;and&nbsp;they&nbsp;came&nbsp;from&nbsp;everywhere.&nbsp;His&nbsp;sculptures&nbsp;are&nbsp;also&nbsp;varied,&nbsp;ranging&nbsp;from&nbsp;paper&nbsp;paste&nbsp;to&nbsp;fiberglass.&nbsp;In&nbsp;addition,&nbsp;he&nbsp;also&nbsp;designed&nbsp;a&nbsp;large&nbsp;number&nbsp;of&nbsp;posters.&nbsp;Performing&nbsp;arts&nbsp;is&nbsp;also&nbsp;his&nbsp;field.%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22//92lock.levect.com/hkresource/36/64/1651164784854876436.jpeg@!fw360?eid=__EID__%22%20alt=%22%22%20data-href=%22//92lock.levect.com/hkresource/36/64/1651164784854876436.jpeg@!fw360?eid=__EID__&width=640&height=490%22%20style=%22%22/%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3EKeith&nbsp;moved&nbsp;to&nbsp;New&nbsp;York&nbsp;City&nbsp;at&nbsp;the&nbsp;age&nbsp;of&nbsp;19&nbsp;and&nbsp;studied&nbsp;at&nbsp;the&nbsp;New&nbsp;York&nbsp;School&nbsp;of&nbsp;Visual&nbsp;Arts.&nbsp;His&nbsp;work&nbsp;has&nbsp;a&nbsp;strong&nbsp;Pop&nbsp;Art&nbsp;style;&nbsp;his&nbsp;earliest&nbsp;works&nbsp;were&nbsp;created&nbsp;around&nbsp;1980,&nbsp;when&nbsp;he&nbsp;was&nbsp;in&nbsp;a&nbsp;New&nbsp;York&nbsp;subway&nbsp;station,&nbsp;looking&nbsp;for&nbsp;black&nbsp;posters&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;posted,&nbsp;and&nbsp;used&nbsp;white&nbsp;chalk&nbsp;to&nbsp;scribble,&nbsp;mostly&nbsp;thick&nbsp;outlines,&nbsp;monochrome,&nbsp;hollow&nbsp;abstract&nbsp;figures,&nbsp;animals&nbsp;and&nbsp;other&nbsp;patterns.&nbsp;His&nbsp;works&nbsp;are&nbsp;often&nbsp;like&nbsp;some&nbsp;kind&nbsp;of&nbsp;complex&nbsp;pattern,&nbsp;with&nbsp;various&nbsp;patterns&nbsp;filling&nbsp;the&nbsp;entire&nbsp;composition.&nbsp;%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22//92lock.levect.com/hkresource/47/64/1651164799328806447.jpeg@!fw360?eid=__EID__%22%20alt=%22%22%20data-href=%22//92lock.levect.com/hkresource/47/64/1651164799328806447.jpeg@!fw360?eid=__EID__&width=2978&height=2450%22%20style=%22%22/%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3EIn&nbsp;a&nbsp;short&nbsp;period&nbsp;of&nbsp;time,&nbsp;Keith&nbsp;Haring's&nbsp;works&nbsp;spread&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;New&nbsp;York&nbsp;art&nbsp;world.&nbsp;In&nbsp;1983,&nbsp;when&nbsp;Columbia&nbsp;TV&nbsp;interviewed&nbsp;him&nbsp;about&nbsp;graffiti&nbsp;in&nbsp;a&nbsp;subway&nbsp;station&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;scene&nbsp;of&nbsp;his&nbsp;arrest,&nbsp;he&nbsp;became&nbsp;famous&nbsp;overnight.&nbsp;Under&nbsp;the&nbsp;exhibition&nbsp;and&nbsp;creation,&nbsp;he&nbsp;entered&nbsp;the&nbsp;museum&nbsp;as&nbsp;a&nbsp;graffiti&nbsp;painter,&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;price&nbsp;of&nbsp;his&nbsp;works&nbsp;has&nbsp;risen.&nbsp;According&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;US&nbsp;Newsweek&nbsp;report,&nbsp;in&nbsp;1984,&nbsp;a&nbsp;painting&nbsp;by&nbsp;Keith&nbsp;Haring,&nbsp;%22Dog&nbsp;in&nbsp;a&nbsp;Crocodile&nbsp;Mask,%22&nbsp;could&nbsp;be&nbsp;sold&nbsp;for&nbsp;as&nbsp;much&nbsp;as&nbsp;$20,000.%3C/p%3E