1980년대 뉴욕이 범죄와의 전쟁을 벌이고 있을 때 그는 지하철을 현란한 벽화로 채색했다. 31세로 요절한 스트리트 아티스트/팝 아티스트 키스 헤어링(Keith Haring, 1958-1990)의 삶과 예술세계를 기록한 브래드 구치(Brad Gooch)의 전기 'Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring($40)'가 2024년 3월 5일 하퍼콜린스에서 출간된다. 저자 브래드 구치는 3월 21일 오후 6시 맨해튼 뉴욕소사이어티 도서관(New York Society Library, 53 East 79th St.), 3월 28일 오후 6시 브루클린하이츠 공립도서관(Brooklyn Public Library, 286 Cadman Plaza West, Brooklyn,)에서 토론회를 연다. 

*1980년대 서브웨이 아트의 아이콘 키스 헤어링(1958-1990)의 삶, 2012

https://www.nyculturebeat.com/index.php?mid=Art2&document_srl=4117299

Radiant

The Life and Line of Keith Haring

By Brad Gooch

March 5, 2024

“It’s all here: the grade school Walt Disney and Dr. Seuss; the adolescent acid trips; the fondness for Post-it notes and flying saucers; the long tails of Dubuffet and Burroughs; the encounters with Madonna, Warhol, and one game-changer of a subway Johnny Walker Red poster. Brad Gooch takes us deep into Keith Haring’s imagination while somehow managing to fix the aura and energy of the 1980s New York art scene to the page. A keen-eyed, beautifully written biography, atmospheric, exuberant, and as radiant as they come.”—Stacy Schiff, Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Revolutionary: Sam Adams

A stunning life of the iconic American artist, Keith Haring, by the acclaimed biographer Brad Gooch.

In the 1980s, the subways of New York City were covered with art. In the stations, black matte sheets were pasted over outdated ads, and unsigned chalk drawings often popped up on these blank spaces. These temporary chalk drawings numbered in the thousands and became synonymous with a city as diverse as it was at war with itself, beset with poverty and crime but alive with art and creative energy. And every single one of these drawings was done by Keith Haring.

Keith Haring was one of the most emblematic artists of the 1980s, a figure described by his contemporaries as “a prophet in his life, his person, and his work.” Part of an iconic cultural crowd that included Andy Warhol, Madonna, and Basquiat, Haring broke down the barriers between high art and popular culture, creating work that was accessible for all and using it as a means to provoke and inspire radical social change. Haring died of AIDS in 1990. To this day, his influence on our culture remains incontrovertible, and his glamorous, tragically short life has a unique aura of mystery and power.

Brad Gooch, noted biographer of Flannery O’Connor and Frank O’Hara, was granted access to Haring’s extensive archive. He has written a biography that will become the authoritative work on the artist. Based on interviews with those who knew Haring best and drawing from the rich archival history, Brad Gooch sets out to capture the magic of Keith Haring: a visionary and timeless icon.

Brad Gooch is a poet, novelist, and biographer whose previous ten books include Rumi's Secret: The Life of the Sufi Poet of Love; Flannery: A Life of Flannery O’Connor, which was a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist, New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and New York Times bestseller; City Poet: The Life and Times of Frank O’Hara; Godtalk: Travels in Spiritual America; and the memoir Smash Cut. He is the recipient of National Endowment for the Humanities and Guggenheim fellowships and lives in New York City.

https://www.amazon.com/Radiant-Life-Line-Keith-Haring/dp/0062698265