Growing up as a kid I was relatively interested in art. There was the art class, which failed to uncover my artistic talent, with its semi-history education program. Picasso, Ensor, Dali, that Dutch dude which cut of his ear, … all pretty nice I guess but none which could inspire me. It was Keith Haring though who grabbed my attention. His art was different and appealed to a kid like me. It simplicity. Its social critic with a smile. Judge for yourself.
I used to spend hours drawing his stuff on roughs, tracing, coloring in, … Thinking about it, I guess my love for street art started with Haring. No Banksy, Obey, Toykyo, … for me without Haring. And then I read that its been 10 20 years already since he passed away. A great loss. Out.
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hey, nice post, he unfortunately passed away 20 years ago…still love his art and i was even lucky enough to see him painting a container at channel surf club in knokke back in the eighties
Haha, I’m still living in 2000, but indeed its already been 20 years. Thanks for pointing that out to me. Didn’t know he passed to BE. Must have been great!