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Keith Haring (1958-90) was born in Reading, Pennsylvania
and raised in a nearby town called Kutztown, the same town
where Saucony was founded in 1898. Keith was one of the
most renowned of the young artists, filmmakers, and
performers whose work responded to urban street culture of
the 1980s. Inspired by the graffiti artists whose marks
covered the city’s subway cars, Haring began to draw in
white chalk over the black paper used to cover vacant
advertising panels. Not only was Haring able to reach a large
and diverse audience with his subway drawings, but,
eventually, the subway became, as Haring said, a
“laboratory” for working out his ideas. As early as 1980,
Haring began exhibiting in galleries and museums around the
world, but continued to participate in public projects,
including literacy campaigns and anti-AIDS initiatives.
Before his death, Keith Haring established a foundation in his
name to maintain and enhance his legacy of giving to
children’s and AIDS organizations. Throughout his career,
Haring produced murals, sculptures and paintings to benefit
hospitals, underprivileged children's groups and various
community health organizations. The Foundation is also
committed to sustaining and expanding public awareness of
Keith Haring. By working with museums, galleries, publishers
and art education programmers, the Foundation is able to
provide information and artwork to the public that might
otherwise remain unexplored in archives. Keith Haring died in
New York in February 1990 of AIDS, at the age of 31.
