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major galleries and celebrity collectors, such as Madonna,
he remained surprisingly level-headed. Even
though he was consistently displayed through Europe,
he still had doubts to his own importance as an artist,
and whether or not he was really cutting edge.
Such modesty is truly a rare gift in the art-world, and
especially significant, in the crazy New York culture
of the celebrity artist. The publication of Haring’s
journals offer the interested an opportunity to glimpse
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some of the motivations of what clearly must be one
of the key American artists of the late 20th century.
However, they also offer us much more. They provide
us with a chance to consider the concerns and fears
of an ordinary man who suffered with the same problems
as us all; self-doubt, love, and fears for our own
mortality. If I were to attain half the compassion and
understanding that this man achieved in his brief life I
would I consider myself to be a happy man. �
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