Official Keith Haring “Tokyo Fabric” basketball

Official Collector Edition. 

This special edition Keith Haring basketball features select works, now on the canvas of sport.

STORY:

Haring’s, faceless figures reveal no hint of gender, race, religion or sexual orientation, representing humans as distinct but equal beings.

Keith Haring visited Japan in 1983 and 1988. The trips inspired him so much that he opened his second Pop Shop in Tokyo. Although Pop Shop Tokyo was short-lived, it made a tremendous impact on Japanese pop culture.

The origin of so much in design and art has roots in Japan, including round21’s own story.  This ball is a symbol of global influence on the game and the game’s influence on the globe.  A respect and tribute to inspiration coming from anywhere in the world that Haring himself appreciated.   

THE ARTIST: KEITH HARING

Keith Haring (1958-90) was one of the most renowned of the young artists, filmmakers, and performers whose work responded to urban street culture of the 1980s. Inspired by the graffiti artists whose marks covered the city’s subway cars, Haring began to draw in white chalk over the black paper used to cover vacant advertising panels. Not only was Haring able to reach a large and diverse audience with his subway drawings, but, eventually, the subway became, as Haring said, a “laboratory” for working out his ideas.

As early as 1980, Haring began exhibiting in galleries and museums around the world, but continued to participate in public projects, including literacy campaigns and anti-AIDS initiatives. Before his death, Keith Haring established a foundation in his name to maintain and enhance his legacy of giving to children’s and AIDS organizations. Throughout his career, Haring produced murals, sculptures and paintings to benefit hospitals, underprivileged children's groups and various community health organizations. The Foundation is also committed to sustaining and expanding public awareness of Keith Haring. By working with museums, galleries, publishers and art education programmers, the Foundation is able to provide information and artwork to the public that might otherwise remain unexplored in archives. Keith Haring died in New York in February 1990 of AIDS, at the age of 31..

THE DETAILS:

• Special edition premium official size basketball

• Collector packaging with gold emboss lettering

• Premium composite leather cover basketball as canvas

• Only available in select premium retailers + round21.com
  

• © Keith Haring Foundation. Licensed by Artestar, New York.