Keith Haring: Radiant Vision
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Keith Haring: Radiant Vision
Fenimore opens major show on 1980s iconic artist, Haring
By KATHARINE J. WRIGHT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com
Artist Keith Haring died more than 30 years ago, but his work appears as hip as ever.
“Keith Haring: Radiant Visions,” an exhibition devoted to the artist’s brief but productive career, opened at the Fenimore Art Museum last weekend to acclaim. Even those born after his untimely death from AIDS in 1990, recognized Haring’s iconic linear drawings from recent product collaborations with Converse or Uniqlo; visitors who were actually alive in the 1980s smiled as they recalled spotting Haring’s characteristic “Radiant Baby” motif on the streets of downtown Manhattan, on murals for public buildings across the country, or in his products for sale in Haring’s own “Pop Shop” store.
