New Graphic Novel About Keith Haring And The Story Of His Life

On The Table Read, “the best entertainment magazine in the UK“, cartoonist Paolo Parisi releases new graphic novel, about artist Keith Haring: The Story Of His Life.

Celebrated artist, activist and humanitarian, Keith Haring is the perfect subject for this graphic novel. Focused on three colors, this comic-book tells the fascinating life story of a man who lived his truth on all kinds of canvases.

Keith Haring

From his boyhood days spent drawing compulsively through his tragic death, the trajectory of Keith Haring’s life is a story of incredible achievement, luck, opportunity, and extraordinary commitment.

This graphic novel looks at every stage of that life, exploring his early influences, the roots of his activism, and his close friendships with other artist contemporaries. It shows readers what it was like to be part of New York City’s vibrant downtown art scene in the 1980s—the nightclubs, art openings, the rise of hip-hop—and how world events, such as the fall of the Berlin Wall; the escalation of the nuclear arms race; apartheid; and the dawn of the climate crisis played into his work.

They’ll learn how Haring’s own battle with AIDS fueled his advocacy for education and research, and they’ll get to know the figures who were most influential to his work—from Warhol to Basquiat, Fab Five Freddy to Madonna. Packed with key cultural reference points as well as the artist’s own reflections, this graphic biography makes for compulsive, eye opening reading.

About Paolo Parisi

Paolo Parisi is an Italian illustrator and cartoonist living in Italy. He previously published a graphic
novel on Jean-Michel Basquiat, which was translated into many languages.

About Prestel

Prestel is a leading independent publisher of books on art history, architecture, design, photography, fashion and children’s books. From pop culture and major exhibition catalogues to retrospectives and career-defining works, quality reigns throughout.

Find Keith Haring: The Story Of His Life Now

Published by Prestel: Sept 06 (UK) and Oct 11 2022 (US)
• $ 24.95 | £ 18.99, ISBN: 9783791388434

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