Keith Haring: 1978-1982
dal 15/3/2012 al 7/7/2012
Segnalato da
15/3/2012
Keith Haring: 1978-1982
Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York
The first large-scale exhibition to explore the early career of one of the best-known American artists of the 20th century. It includes 155 works on paper, numerous experimental videos, and over 150 archival objects, including rarely seen sketchbooks, journals, exhibition flyers, posters, subway drawings, and documentary photographs.
Keith Haring: 1978–1982 is the first large-scale exhibition to explore the early career of one of the best-known American artists of the twentieth century. Tracing the development of Haring’s extraordinary visual vocabulary, the exhibition includes 155 works on paper, numerous experimental videos, and over 150 archival objects, including rarely seen sketchbooks, journals, exhibition flyers, posters, subway drawings, and documentary photographs.
The exhibition chronicles the period in Haring’s career from his arrival in New York City through the years when he started his studio practice and began making public and political art on the city streets. Immersing himself in New York’s downtown culture, he quickly became a fixture on the artistic scene, befriending other artists such as Jean-Michel Basquiat and Kenny Scharf, as well as many of the most innovative cultural figures of the period. The critical role that these relationships played in Haring’s development as a public artist and facilitator of group exhibitions and performances is also explored. Pieces on view include a number of very early works never before seen in public; seven video pieces, including Painting Myself into a Corner (his first video piece) and Tribute to Gloria Vanderbilt; and collages created from cut-up fragments of his own writing, history textbooks, and newspapers.
Keith Haring: 1978–1982 is curated by Raphaela Platow. The exhibition is co-organized by the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, and the Kunsthalle Wien. The Brooklyn presentation is organized by Tricia Laughlin Bloom, Project Curator, and Patrick Amsellem, former Associate Curator of Photography, Brooklyn Museum.
This exhibition is made possible by Lisa and Dick Cashin with additional support provided by the Stephanie and Tim Ingrassia Contemporary Art Exhibition Fund.
Party of Life: Celebrating the Life and Art of Keith Haring
Brooklyn Museum’s April 7 Target First Saturday
The Brooklyn Museum’s Target First Saturdays attract thousands of visitors to free programs of art and entertainment each month. The April event celebrates the life and work of artist Keith Haring.
Highlights include:
5 –7 p.m. Musi c: Art-punk band The Library is on Fire performs.
5–8 p.m. Action Station: Make your own Keith Haring–inspired buttons and swap with others.
6 p.m. Gallery Talk: A Museum Guide leads a tour of Keith Haring: 1978–1982. Free tickets available at the Visitor Center at 5 p.m.
6:30–8:30 p.m. Hands-on Art: Make your own Pop-art print inspired by Haring’s style. Free timed tickets available at the Visitor Center at 5:30 p.m.
6:30 p.m. Film: Girl Walk All Day (Jacob Krupnick, 2011, 77 min.). This epic dance video features music from Girl Talk’s album All Day. A Q&A with the director follows the screening. Free tickets available at the Visitor Center at 5:30 p.m.
8–10 p.m. Dance Party: In tribute to Keith Haring and Paradise Garage, DJ Junior Vasquez spins a variety of eclectic music from Haring’s active years in the late seventies and early eighties.
9 p.m. Music: Brooklyn-based electro-punk group Comandante Zero performs, while simultaneously creating and projecting live music videos onstage.
9 p.m. Book Club: New York Times writer Will Hermes leads a discussion of his new book, Love Goes to Buildings on Fire: Five Years in New York That Changed Music Forever.
10–11 p.m. Late Night in the Galleries: All galleries open.
Image: Untitled, 1982. Sumi ink on paper, 107 x 160 in. (271.8 x 406.4 cm). Collection Keith Haring Foundation. © Keith Haring Foundation
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