Popular Culture

Reg Mombassa and Keith Haring are two well-known artists who both represent the pop-art movement.
Keith Haring began producing art in New York in 1980 by drawing on subway advertising boards. He felt that this was a good way for him to be able to express his work to the public.
New Zealand born Chris O'Doherty has been producing pop-art under the name of Reg Mombassa since about 1980. His earliest works became famous on the t-shirts of a well known Australian surf brand, Mambo.
Haring's "Best Buddies", produced in 1990, is very simple, two-dimensional and brightly coloured. …