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A well-written and carefully elaborated study of Keith Haring and the cultural politics of race and desire that spans beyond Haring. Ricardo Montez's careful reading of different 'scenes' of interracial desire allows the reader to get close to the nuances of the power dynamics played out within them. Original and compelling. -- Gavin Butt, author of * Between You and Me: Queer Disclosures in the New York Art World, 1928-1963 * Keith Haring's Line is a brilliant, engaging, and necessary book. Centering the story of Haring's line on the queer people of color with whom Haring collaborated, Ricardo Montez gifts the reader with an intensely productive vocabulary for naming and exploring the relational dynamics that define the practices of a number of artists working across incommensurate forms of difference. Montez's writing does justice to so many neglected figures (like Juan DuBose and the graffiti artist LA II) and importantly situates Haring's practice in relationship to performance-centered scenes of the 1970s and 1980s. This is not only the definitive take on Haring, it is the book on Haring's world. -- Jennifer Doyle, author of * Hold It Against Me: Difficulty and Emotion in Contemporary Art *

Keith Haring's Line is a brilliant, engaging, and necessary book. Centering the story of Haring's line on the queer people of color with whom Haring collaborated, Ricardo Montez gifts the reader with an intensely productive vocabulary for naming and exploring the relational dynamics that define the practices of a number of artists working across incommensurate forms of difference. Monte's writing does justice to so many neglected figures (like Juan DuBose and the graffiti artist LA2) and importantly situates Haring's practice in relationship to performance-centered scenes of the 1970s and 1980s. This is not only the definitive take on Haring, it is the book on Haring's world. -- Jennifer Doyle, author of * Hold It Against Me: Difficulty and Emotion in Contemporary Art *

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Ricardo Montez is Associate Professor of Performance Studies, Schools of Public Engagement, The New School.

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