Answer: Keith made works that can hang in museums alongside masterpieces by Jackson Pollock and Andy Warhol and hold their own as art-historically important pieces. But there’s also the art world you see on the streets, and Keith helped make that happen. He took what he learned from Warhol and connected it to street culture-punk-rock posters, graphics on sports equipment, kids’ clothing, the music scene, and the club scene-and created a counter art world. Today we’re seeing a revival of that world-artists like Barry McGee are coming back into the gallery after having begun on the streets.
