Crack is Wack

Crack Is Wack

Creation date

1986

Type

Painting

Medium

Mural paint on concrete handball court wall

Subject

Crack epidemic; warning against drug use

Provenance

New York City Parks Department / NYC Parks Art Collection

Description

Mural of 1986 on a handball court at 128th Street and 2nd Avenue in New York City, inspired by the crack epidemic and its effect on the city. Created as a warning and initially executed independently without City permission; after the City ordered it covered, the Parks Department asked Haring to create a new mural on the same theme, which still exists today.

Notes

Site: Crack is Wack Playground, East Harlem, New York.

Source

Keith Haring Foundation