Keith Haring's Mouton 1988 label

I had blogged about tasting this wine in last year's Wine and Dine Festival already; now I am blogging about the label and the artist. The design for the label is a satirical take of the Dancing Ram theme by Keith Haring. Now Keith Haring is the sort of artist whose name as well as artwork you might see on posters and T-shirts. Also known for his graffiti and other public art, Keith Haring is one of the best known American artists of the 20th Century.

Born in Reading Pennsylvania, Haring first studied commercial art before going to New York and then studying Painting in the Manhattan School of Visual Arts. One of his early images, the Radiant Baby, subsequently became his symbol. In the 1980s he created over 50 public works in dozens of cities around the world. Later he took up social activism through his works including anti-Apartheid, AIDS awareness and the crack cocaine epidemic. Haring died in 1990 from the complication of AIDS.