Keith Haring
It's rare to see an exhibition that shows a different side to such an iconic artist, but Gladstone Gallery has done just that. In a show lasting from November 3th - December 21st, 2018, Gladstone brings together paintings and works on paper done by Keith Haring from a two year period of 1987-1989.
These were some of the last works created by Haring before he died in 1990.
Red is one of the strongest colors, it's blood, it has a power with the eye. That's why traffic lights are red I guess, and stop signs as well... In fact I use red in all of my paintings." - Keith Haring
“His urge to experiment, while ever present, intensified as he came to acknowledge his time as limited. He seems to have felt unremitting pressure to explore new kinds of gesture, new mediums.” - art historian Alexandra Anderson-Spivy
"Embedded in each work are different pieces of ephemera, such as magazine covers, newspaper clippings, reproductions of famous paintings like Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, and homoerotic advertisements." - Gladstone Press Release
Notable Exhibition Press
Gladstone Gallery started represented the Keith Haring foundation after his death in 1990, and every few years bring treasured shows like this to the New York public.
Gladstone has a reputation for representing many other reputable artists such as Robert Mapplethorpe, Richard Prince, Ugo Rondinone, and Sarah Lucas (who just had a MASSIVE exhibition at the New Museum).
I don't know about you all, but I feel like heading over to Alice and Oliva now to deck my self out in Keith Haring swag.
Thoughts about the exhibit? Email them to me at contact@marylynnbuchanan.com
