Keith Haring’s 50th Birthday

Posted The Elitaste on April 29th, 2008 | Filed under Announcements, Some Next Level Taste, Remember This Taste Right Here?

The Keith Haring Foundation, Goldman Properties and Deitch Projects announce the recreation of Keith Haring’s celebrated Houston Street and Bowery mural. The mural became an instant downtown landmark after Keith painted it in the summer of 1982. The mural was up for only a few months in the summer of 1982 before it was painted out but its image remains imprinted in the memory of many people who were part of the downtown artist community in the early 1980s.

In celebration of what would have been Keith Haring’s 50th birthday on May 4th, the Keith Haring Foundation are recreating the urban art pioneer’s Houston Street and Bowery mural. Recreated using extensive photo research, this will provide an apt reminder to anyone who was around when the original was painted in the summer of 82 and introduce those who are less familiar with the artist to Haring’s work. This will stand until December 31st, so go take a peek