Keith Haring used the New York subway as his personal laboratory between 1980 and 1985, drawing thousands of spontaneous images with white chalk on the matte black paper covering expired advertisements.
He often created these drawings in just a few minutes during a subway stop, and he viewed this process as a performance and a way to make art accessible to the general public, not just to galleries.
“She was a really nice person. She has always stopped for pics there’s a few others times I saw her but didn’t wanna bother her. She was like ‘it’s okay do y'all want pics?’ I’m like 'oh, it’s okay, thank you.’ Now I’m like fuck I should’ve took more but I’m glad to have met her”