Keith Haring: Retrospect Skateboard Decks Joan Simon it forms a rabbit hole

it forms a rabbit hole of cross references

especially evident within the artist’s use of radiant colors associated with her native California

illustrated chronology by Bell and Anna Gray

VIVIDS is a suite of spray paintings in a fluorescent pink palette in which the artist contemplates skies encountered en route to his Los Angeles studio

these works explore the empowerment of styling and self-transformation

Keith Haring: Retrospect Skateboard Decks Joan Simon it forms a rabbit holeThe Skateroom has collaborated with Artestar and the Keith Haring Foundation to create this set of six skateboard decks featuring Keith Harings Retrospect (1989). Composed of a grid of twenty four individual scenes, Retrospect includes a myriad of Harings most iconic and repeated motifs, such as figures dancing, crawling babies, and barking dogs. These symbols embody Harings messages of social justice and transformation, taking aim against all forms