KEITH HARING Attributed or in the manner of KEITH HARING mixed media signed and dated 86 and stamped on the back. size: 8 x 11 inches. AS Is. From 1982 to 1989, Haring was featured in more than 100 solo and group exhibitions and produced more than 50 public artworks in dozens of charities, hospitals, day care centers, and orphanages.[66] Haring was openly gay and used his work to advocate for safe sex.[67] He was diagnosed with AIDS in the autumn of 1988.[68] He used his imagery during the last years of his life to speak about his illness and to generate activism and awareness about AIDS.[5]In 1987, Haring had exhibitions in Helsinki, Paris, and elsewhere. During his stay in Paris for the 10th anniversary exhibition of American artists at the Centre Georges Pompidou, Haring and his lover Juan Rivera painted the Tower mural on an 88-foot-high (27 m) exterior stairwell at the Necker Children's Hospital.[69][70] While in Belgium for his exhibition at Gallery 121, Haring painted a mural at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp.[71]That same year, Haring was also invited by artist Roger Nellens to paint a mural at his Casino Knokke.[72] While working there, Haring stayed in Le Dragon, a monster-shaped guest house owned by Nellens which had been designed by artist Niki de Saint Phalle. With the consent of both the designer and the owner, Haring painted a fresco mural along an interior balcony and stairway.[73][74]Haring designed a carousel for André Heller's Luna Luna, an ephemeral amusement park in Hamburg from June to August 1987 with rides designed by renowned contemporary artists.[75][76] In August 1987, Haring painted a large mural at the Carmine Street Recreation Center's outdoor pool in the West Village.[77][78] In September 1987, he painted a temporary mural, Detroit Notes, at the Cranbrook Art Museum in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. The work reveals a darker phase in Haring's style, which Cranbrook Art Museum Director Andrew Blauvelt speculates foreshadowed the confirmation of his AIDS diagnosis.[79]Haring designed the cover for the 1987 benefit album A Very Special Christmas and the Run-DMC single "Christmas In Hollis"; proceeds went to the Special Olympics.[45][62] The image for the A Very Special Christmas compilation album consists of a typical Haring figure holding a baby. Its "Jesus iconography" is considered unusual in modern rock holiday albums.[80]Todos Juntos Podemos Parar el SIDA (1989) mural near the Museum of Modern Arts, Barcelona, SpainAlso in 1987, Haring painted a mural in the Philadelphia neighborhood of Point Breeze titled 'We the Youth' to commemorate the bicentennial of the United States Constitution. Originally intended as a placeholder, a new rowhome was never built and the lot became a park. The mural underwent a major restoration in 2013 and is Haring's longest standing public mural at its original location.