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What everyday drawing material did Keith Haring use to create his unauthorized subway artworks in the early 1980s?
Answer
Chalk
Haring drew directly on blank black advertising panels using white chalk, a quick and easily removable medium that let him produce hundreds of works before the MTA later hired him for authorized murals.
💡 Did you know?
Keith Haring's subway drawings in 1980s New York were technically illegal, yet the MTA eventually hired him to create authorized murals before his death.
Other options people guess
- Spray paint
- Marker pen
- Charcoal
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- 1980s
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