1988 Resist! Keith Haring signed Concert Poster The Palladium NYC Rare!

1988 Resist! Keith Haring signed Concert Poster The Palladium NYC Rare!

$1,750.00

For your consideration a signed Poster Created for the 1988 Concert Resist! featuring a Keith Haring graphic signed at The Palladium NYC Rare!

A great Political Poster that Keith supported. He helped support as did the many artists who participated at the Concert at the famous Palladium Nightclub on 14th Street. R&R! organized Resist in Concert! at the New York Palladium, 1988 with performances by Sinéad O'Connor, Afrika Bambaataa, De La Soul, Ikey C & Easy-Ad, Karen Finley, Lenny Kaye, Shinehead, MC Lyte, and many others- see Fotos.

In 1988, Keith Haring designed the logo for the organization Refuse & Resist! (R&R!) which opposed censorship, war, and police brutality. The organization dissolved in 2006. Despite its disbandment, Haring's R&R!logo remains widely recognized and shared on the internet.The organization also advocated for reproductive rights, supported undocumented immigrants, and opposed the death penalty. 

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Condition: Very Good. A small tear on margin. See Fotos.

Size: 23” × 29” inches. Poster is unframed and shipped rolled. 

Refuse & Resist! (R&R!) was a human rights activist group founded in New York City in 1987 by Emile de Antonio, Dore Ashton, Dennis Brutus, John Gerassi, Abbie Hoffman, William Kunstler, C. Clark Kissinger, Conrad Lynn, Sonia Sanchez, Rev. Fernando Santillana, and other activists who were concerned that the American government, epitomized by U.S. President Ronald Reagan, advocated a far right-wing political program directed against the political rights of its people. Artist Keith Haring created R&R!'s logo in 1988.

The organization's national office was located in New York City, with chapters at various times in Atlanta, Georgia; Chicago, Illinois; Honolulu, Hawaii; Los Angeles, California; Miami, Florida; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Cleveland, Ohio; New York City and the San Francisco Bay Area. The organization officially dissolved in 2006.

Refuse & Resist! opposed censorship, war, acts of police brutality, and advocated in support of political prisoners and against the death penalty. The organization advocated reproductive rights and played an active role in the defense of abortion clinics. It also supported rights for undocumented immigrants. The group did not endorse candidates for elected public office.

RESIST !!!