A set of symbols including: a figure of a person, an arrow pointing left, a dove, a question mark, a dollar sign, a white cross on a red background, a stoplight, a bonfire, a thermometer.

A set of symbols including: a figure of a person, an arrow pointing left, a dove, a question mark, a dollar sign, a white cross on a red background, a stoplight, a bonfire, a thermometer.

Keith Haring using chalk to draw on a large black chalkboard beside two advertisements on a subway platform. He is writing “Happy Valentine New York” above a human figure with a heart for a head. The human figure is holding up a heart with lines emanating from it. A subway rider watches Haring work.

A collection of common symbols from the artwork of Keith Haring. They are simplified figures and shapes with black outlines filled with pure primary or secondary colours. All of the symbols are separated by the negative space of the white background. Short, rounded lines around a symbol represent movement. Short, straight lines coming from a symbol represent sound. Alternating short and long lines that emanate from and surround a symbol represent energy. There are many human figures in diverse poses and hues, most appear to be dancing. Some figures have an X on their torso. One figure holds up a pyramid that has short and long lines emanating from it. One figure has the head of a dog with short lines coming from its mouth. One figure is pregnant with short and long lines emanating from their belly. One figure is bent over backwards on top of another figure. One figure has two heads and an X on their torso. One figure has a snake for a head and holds another figure upside down by their leg. One figure has large wings like an angel. One figure is upside down. One figure is touching a heart with short and long lines emanating from it. There are some figures of babies crawling on their hands and knees. One crawling baby has short and long lines emanating from it. One crawling baby appears on the screen of a television. Some crawling babies have short, rounded lines around them. There is a square with a smiling face that has three eyes. There is a robot. There is a flying saucer above a dog that has short and long lines emanating from it. There is a monkey with short, rounded lines around it. There is a dog with short lines coming from its mouth facing a light bulb with short and long lines emanating from it.

A painting of a face with a large smile inside of an outlined square on a bright, warm-hued yellow background. It has eyebrows, eyes with pupils, a nose, and an open-mouth smile showing its teeth and tongue with short, rounded lines at the corners its mouth.

A print of television with a head of a simplified person on the screen. The print uses pure primary colours. Short straight lines emanate from their head. The person is a warm-hued yellow on a warm-hued red background, and the television is a cool-hued blue with warm-hued yellow dials.

A print of four images arranged in a two-by-two grid containing simplified figures with black outlines filled with pure primary and secondary colours. In the first image, a warm-hued red figure and a cool-hued blue figure touch hands through a hole in the torso of a warm-hued yellow figure with their arms raised. The background is a cool-hued purple. Short straight lines emanate from the figure's torso, and there are short, rounded lines around their raised arms. In the second image, a cool-hued purple figure holds up a cool-hued blue figure above their head who has their arms and legs outstretched. The ground is a warm-hued red, and the background is a warm-hued yellow. Short straight lines emanate from the lifted figure's legs, and there are short, rounded lines around the arms of the figure lifting them up. In the third image, a warm-hued yellow figure and a warm-hued red figure have their arms around each other's shoulders and their knees bent. The ground is a cool-hued purple, and the background is a cool-hued blue. Alternating short and long lines emanate from the two figures' heads and shoulders. In the fourth image, two cool-hued blue figures with their knees bent and arms raised hold up a smaller, warm-hued yellow figure between them. The ground is a cool-hued purple, and the background is a warm-hued red.