street art Banksy and Haring tribute by the artist Dr. Love and OneFake

Banksy is considered one of the greatest exponents of a very famous branch of street art, known as post-graffiti and guerrilla art. Banksy's art, in fact, finds expression in the street and public dimensions of the urban space, creating pieces that document the poverty of the human condition. His works with an ironic and satirical slant deal with themes including the absurdities of Western society, media manipulation, homologation, the atrocities of war, pollution, child exploitation, the brutality of police repression, and mistreatment. some animals.

Keith Haring was born on May 4, 1958, in Reading, Pennsylvania, to Allen and Joan Gruen, the eldest of four children. His family moved to Kutztown a few years after his birth, and it was here that he spent most of his childhood; while still a child he revealed a strong inclination for drawing, openly encouraged by his father Allen, who had early intuited the inclinations and artistic talent of his son. Despite his untimely death, Haring's imagery has become a universally recognized visual language of the 20th century