In the 1980s, Haring opened his first Pop Shop: a store that offered everyone access to his works-which until then could only be found spray-painted on city walls.

Haring explained that "The Pop Shop makes my work accessible.

Keith Haring's Pop Shop is a more recent departure.

The idea of bringing esthetics and commerce together so blatantly had its audacious side; Haring saw the Pop Shops as performance art.

The Pop Shop were stores that sold voluminous memorabilia of artist Keith Haring's designs.

Haring, who viewed the Pop Shop as an extension of his work, stated:

Here's the philosophy behind the Pop Shop: I wanted to continue the same sort of communication as with the subway drawings.

There are no plans to reopen the Pop Shop.

Joe's Pop Shop was an English comedy that aired on UK Play in 1999.

Born in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, Fisher owns The Pop Shop, a 1950s-themed restaurant.