Andy Mouse is the second print from a portfolio of four silkscreen prints created by Keith Haring in 1986. Highly celebrated and renowned, this series pays tribute to Haring’s close friend Andy Warhol and draws inspiration from Walt Disney.In plate 2, Andy Mouse crowd-surfs over rainbow-coloured matchstick people. His stance impossibly cool and nonchalant against the lively crowd, the scene depicts Warhol as a part of contemporary youth culture. Disneyfied, he is the ‘life of the party’.
By giving Mick Mouse a Pop Art makeover, fusing both Andy Warhol’s physical features, such as his wig, with his instantly-recognisable iconography such as the Dollar Sign, Haring suggests Warhol is now as deeply embedded within American culture as Disney.
Andy Mouse highlights Haring’s unique visual style that would see the artist become a mainstay of private collectors, auction houses, galleries and museums worldwide.