Keith Haring
dal 9/5/2002 al 21/7/2002
Segnalato da
9/5/2002
Keith Haring
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Heaven and Hell. This exhibition brings the less well-known and stylistically utterly diverse Keith Haring into focus with the presentation of over 80 of his works (paintings and drawings).
Heaven and Hell
The American painter, graphic
artist, and sculptor, Keith Haring, is
one of the most popular artists of
our time.
Eleven years after his
death, his works still have a
significant impact on the general
public. Haring's immediately
recognisable figures, such as the
logos of stylised, radiating dogs
and babies, have become part of
our visual culture.
This exhibition
brings the less well-known and
stylistically utterly diverse Keith
Haring into focus with the
presentation of over 80 of his works
(paintings and drawings).
From the
very beginning Keith Haring dealt
with the meaning of death, violence,
and sin, of power, religion, and
redemption. The theme of sexuality
also repeatedly challenged him to
create new images.
Another focal
point of his artwork is the depiction
of the individual as part of the
anonymous mass or as an isolated
figure standing against it.
The
confrontation with the immune
deficiency disease AIDS, to which
he succumbed at the age of 31, is
also the theme of many pictures
and drawings.
It is only from this
perspective that we can fully
comprehend Keith Haring's
life-affirming and colourful "icons"
as alternative images of hopeDuring
the exhibition a party of wel known
graffiti artists wil present their work
on the wall surrounding the
museums' building site.
Image: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, 1984
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Rotterdam
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