Haring's Famous Symbols
These little figures are one of his most famous characters and are often shown "glowing."
What are babies?
This is the large American city where Keith Haring lived and created his art
What is New York City?
Haring opened this shop in New York so that regular people could afford to buy his art
What is the Pop Shop?
Haring’s art is easy to recognize because he used these "thick" and "bold" lines to surround his shapes
What are outlines?
Haring's main goal was to use his colorful art to make people do this
What is smile?
This animal is a regular character in his drawings and is usually shown "barking"
What is a dog?
Haring started his career by drawing quickly on the walls of this underground train system
What is the subway?
His colorful designs were put on these small objects that you can stick to your refrigerator
What are magnets?
To make his artwork feel "happy" and "fun," Haring used these types of colors
What are bright colors?
Haring’s career and signature style flourished during these two decades (the 70s and 80s)
What are the 1970s and 1980s?
These space creatures were often drawn floating over large triangles called pyramids
What are aliens?
This is the word for painting on public walls, which sometimes got Haring in trouble with the police
What is graffiti?
You could even find Keith Haring's art on these types of shoes used for sports
What are tennis shoes?
Haring’s style is often compared to these types of books, though his stories are a little harder to read
What are comic books?
When people wanted to buy his art for their homes, he began making paintings in this kind of professional workspace
What is an art studio?
Even though these human characters have no eyes or noses, they show they are friends by hugging with very long arms
What are faces?
These are giant paintings that cover the whole side of a building
What are murals?
These are the professional places where artists usually show and sell their expensive paintings
What are art galleries?
Haring is famous for being one of the first people to bring this "public" style of art to the whole world
What is street art?
In his artwork, friends with no faces used these to show they liked each other
What are really long arms?
Haring didn't use words; instead, he used these to create a "language" that people had to figure out
What are visual stories?
Today, you can see his work in this famous museum in New York, which is often called "MoMA."
What is the Museum of Modern Art?
These warm, long-sleeved shirts were one of the most popular items sold with his art on them
What are sweatshirts?
Because he didn't want to get caught by the police, Haring developed a style he could finish very ________.
What is quickly?
Even though Keith Haring did not live very long, his world of art is still very ________ today
What is popular or recognized?