Forgotten Queer Keith Haring

Moved to New York City in 1978 to study painting at the School of Visual Arts
Started his career as a graffiti artist in subway stations using white chaulk on black, unused
advertisement boards.
1980: He used New York lamp posts to post graphic letter messages around the city.
“Regan Slain By Hero Cop” “Pope killed for Freed Hostage”
1980: Participated in The Times Square Show with one of his earliest projects. He altered a
banner advertisement above a subway entrance in Times Square that showed a female
embracing a male’s legs, blacking out the first letter of the clothing brand Cardon, to read
Hardon.
1980: began organizing exhibitions at Club 57 which were filmed by close friend, photographer
Tseng Kwong Chi.
1981: First solo exhibition at Westbath Painters Space in the West Village
Later that year, he had a solo exhibition at the Hal Bromm Gallery in Tribecca
1982 to 1986: His career started to take off
HIs work appeared in Times Square, computer animated, (probably some of the first of it’s kind)

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