Keith Haring - Fun Gallery Exhibition 1983

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Giclée (*) reproduction by Keith Haring (**) Reproduction of the work “Fun Gallery” created by Haring in 1983. Luxury edition on conservation-grade matte digital paper 250 g/m². A very versatile, high-quality paper, made in Germany from acid- and chlorine-free wood pulp. Authorized print by Artestar New York. Copyright: Keith Haring Foundation. Includes Certificate of Authenticity (COA). - Sheet dimensions: 52 x 62 cm - Image dimensions: 40 x 50 cm - Condition: Excellent (this work has never been framed or displayed, always stored in a professional art folder, and is offered in pristine condition). - Provenance: Private collection. The work will be carefully handled and packed in reinforced cardboard packaging. Shipping will be traceable (UPS DPD DHL FedEx). Shipping will also include transportation insurance for the final value of the work with full reimbursement in case of loss or damage, at no cost to the buyer. (*) Giclée is a term that refers to a high-quality fine-art printing method created digitally with inkjet printers. This process uses pigment-based inks and specialized papers to achieve exceptional sharpness, color accuracy, and durability, ideal for art and photograph reproductions. (**) Keith Haring was born in 1958 in Reading, Pennsylvania, United States. He grew up in Kutztown and from a young age showed a strong interest in art. He studied graphic design at The Ivy School of Professional Art in Pittsburgh, and at 19, openly gay, he moved to New York City, where he drew inspiration from graffiti art and enrolled at the School of Visual Arts, where he was influenced by Keith Sonnner and Joseph Kosuth, who encouraged him to train as a conceptual artist after experimenting with form and color. Haring captured public attention in 1980 when he began drawing cartoon-like images with marker in the subways of the Big Apple, and later drew white chalk cartoons on black advertising panels, which earned him more than one arrest. His clean lines, vivid colors, and active figures carried strong messages about life and unity, and his exhibitions were filmed by photographer Tseng Kwong Chi. Also around this time, he organized an exhibition at Club 57, and participated in a show at Times Square, where he first drew animals and human faces. His first solo show was at Tony Shafrazi Gallery in 1981, the same year he took part in the Documenta 7 exhibition in Kassel, Germany. In 1982 he befriended emerging artists of the era such as Kenny Scharf, Madonna, and Jean-Michel Basquiat, and even met the famous Andy Warhol. In 1984 Haring went to Australia and painted several murals in Melbourne and Sydney, and even received money for his work from the National Gallery of Victoria and the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art. He also visited and painted in Rio de Janeiro, the Paris Modern Art Museum, Minneapolis, and Manhattan. During this period he even designed a pink jacket that Madonna wore to perform her song “Like a Virgin” on the show “Solid Gold.” In 1985, the Museum of Modern Art in Bordeaux held an exhibition of his work, and he also took part in the Paris Biennale. In November of that year he appeared on MTV where he painted on a program hosted by his friend Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran. In 1986 he painted murals in Amsterdam, Paris, Phoenix, and Berlin, also painted Grace Jones’s body for her music video of the song “I’m Not Perfect,” and opened a shop to sell his works in SOHO. By then, his works began to reflect the socio-political issues of the time such as anti-Apartheid, AIDS, and drugs. He also created pop art pieces for brands like Absolut Vodka, Lucky Strike, and Coca-Cola, and even designed the cover of the beneficiary album “A Very Special Christmas,” on which his friend Madonna was included. In 1988 he was included on a select list of artists whose works appeared on Chateau Mouton Rothschild wine labels, and that same year AIDS was diagnosed in him, so the following year he founded the Keith Haring Foundation with the aim of fighting social issues related to the disease and promoting the artist’s work through exhibitions, publications, and licenses of his work. In June 1989 he painted his last public work on a wall in the convent of the Church of San Antonio in Pisa. This work was titled “Tuttomondo.” Keith Haring died on February 16, 1990 at the young age of 32 from AIDS. (**) Of epic scale and ambition, Tree of Life (1985) was created at the peak of the tragically short but intensely dynamic life and career of Keith Haring. Standing over three and a half meters tall, Tree of Life takes on nearly biblical proportions in its representation of this fantastical scene. A fusion of punk and pop, Haring injects contemporary energy into this decidedly urban celebration that merges established religious themes and historical references from traditional art with his distinctive culture of modern street art. Emerging from the spiraling branches, a plethora of life explodes into dancing bodies, like an explosion of knowledge. Under the tree, four yellow speckled fully-formed figures stand in exaltation. With economical line work, the green branches, bright as daylight, seem to vibrate against the fuchsia in a carnival of rhythmic patterns. “Look, when I paint, it’s an experience that, at its best, transcends reality,” Haring said, explaining that this dimension also reflected his mental state while working. “When it works, you’re transported to another place, you connect with things totally universal, of total consciousness, completely beyond your ego and your own being. That’s what it’s about” (K. Haring, quoted in D. Sheff, “Keith Haring: An Intimate Conversation,” in Rolling Stone, August 1989, reproduced on www.haring.com [accessed May 25, 2014]). “The Tree of Life” has been exhibited at the Ludwig Forum for International Art in Aachen, the Museum für Neue Kunst in Karlsruhe, the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam, the Milan Triennial in Milan, and the Dexia Banque Internationale de Luxembourg.

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