Keith Haring
dal 28/11/2012 al 14/2/2013
Segnalato da
28/11/2012
Keith Haring
Mana Contemporary, Jersey City
Oversized works. An ensemble of works including oversized metal panels originally spray-painted on the FDR Drive in 1984. Also a rare painting on leather, a selection of his famous subway drawings and several other pieces rarely seen.
At a time when street art was in its infancy, Keith Haring made the gritty surfaces of 1980s New York his canvas, and an icon was born.
Mana Contemporary presents Keith Haring, from December 2, 2012 – February 15, 2013. The exhibition will showcase an unprecedented ensemble of works from a private collection, including oversized metal panels originally spray-painted on the FDR Drive in 1984.
Measuring more than 17 feet in width, these out of scale diptychs have not been shown in the United States for more than 15 years. Also included in the exhibition of the beloved downtown artist are a rare painting on leather, a selection of his famous subway drawings and several other pieces rarely seen. The exhibition is organized by 99 Cents Fine Art, New York.
The exhibition will take place in a 5,000-square-foot gallery on Mana Contemporary’s first floor. The gallery is especially designed to showcase large works of art.
“This exceptional exhibition highlights Mana Contemporary’s ability to show oversize installations,” says Mana Contemporary founder Eugene Lemay. “We are thrilled that the public can see these timeless works by Keith Haring as they originally appeared.”
In 1984, Haring created an undulating mural of his active figures on a metal fence in the Asphalt Green Park along the FDR Drive in New York. The FDR work is made of about 30 panels in total, originally forming a unique continuous frieze of 255 feet in length.
Haring moved to New York from Pittsburgh in 1978, and by the end of 1980, he had developed his own visual vocabulary of iconic ideograms. By leaving his chalk drawings on blank subway posters and graffiti on the streets of Manhattan’s East Village, he bridged underground activism with the high-brow art world. Haring died from AIDS-related complications in 1990 at the age of 31.
Keith Haring will open to the public on Sunday, December 2, from 1:00 to 5:00 PM. Free transportation from Manhattan will be provided. The exhibition is the latest addition to Mana Contemporary’s exciting fall program of high-profile shows, including The Imaginary, The Symbolic and The Real, contemporary video art from the Richard J. Massey Collection, and Conversations Rough Cut, candid interviews from the Middle East by David Wakstein. For more information, please visit artmanafest.com.
About Mana Contemporary
Mana Contemporary is a groundbreaking cultural venue that provides services, spaces, and programming for artists, collectors, curators, performers, students and the greater community within a single location. Mana is home to Armitage Gone! Dance, the Carole Feuerman Foundation, the Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation (ESKFF), Middle East Center for the Arts (MECA), and Shen Wei Dance Arts. For more information please visit manacontemporary.com.
Image: Keith Haring, Dog, 1986, painted plywood with silkscreen, 49 1/2 x 37 3/4 x 1 1/2 in.
Press preview: November 29, 2012, 12:00 - 2:00 PM
Opening: Sunday, December 2, from 1:00 to 5:00 PM
Mana Contemporary
888 Newark Avenue, 6th Floor, Jersey City
Hours: 9AM-5PM, monday to friday
Admission is free