Keith Haring: The Alphabet
The Albertina Museum April 2nd, 2018
The Brant Foundation Loan Program:
Keith Haring, Untitled, 1982, Sumi ink and acrylic on paper mounted to canvas, 72 x 130 inches
Keith Haring, Untitled, 1981, Baked enamel on metal, 48 x 48 inches
Keith Haring, Untitled, 1983, chalk on paper with fiberglass frame, 49 x 68 inches
PRESS RELEASE: The ALBERTINA Museum is devoting a sweeping exhibition to Keith Haring (1958–1990), who would have celebrated his 60th birthday in 2018. This presentation is intended to shed light on the output of this exceptional American artist from perspectives both art-historical and formal. A special focus will be on the one-of-a-kind symbolic language that is present throughout Haring’s oeuvre as an artistic alphabet of sorts. The artist’s subway works and other drawings, as well as his paintings and sculptures, are devoted to themes of social justice and constant transformation. The appeal of Haring’s oeuvre remains unbroken to this day, and his influence on his contemporaries and younger generations of artists has been enormous.
Contact Allison Brant for more information about The Brant Foundation’s loan program.