A few nights ago I was at a company Holiday party at the MIT Museum. As someone who specializes in Urban Art of Boston and Cambridge, I was intrigued to discover the MIT Holographic exhibit while attending the party.

The MIT Holographic exhibit is on the second floor of the museum and it was there that I discovered this Holograph of Keith Haring (1958-1990).

When I told some of my friends about this discovery, I was surprised to discover that many of them had never heard of him. So I wanted to expose Keith Haring to those who may not have heard about him or who may not have seen his art.

This is a photo of a Holograph!

Here is an example of one of his pieces:

copyright Keith Haring Foundation

His media were performance art, video, installation - but when he found that there was unused advertising panels in the News York City subway -- he began to find his niche. Using white chalk he created hundreds of public/urban drawings.

Of course, New Yorkers, being New Yorkers would converse with him when they came upon him working in the subway. It was his "laboratory" and this was the place he could experiment.

He created more than 50 artworks in cities throughout the world.

One of his most famous is Crack is Wack on the FDR Drive in New York City.

Haring was diagnosed with Aids in 1988 and died in 1990.