Keith Haring
Apocalypse 8, 1988
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil
Screenprint
Sheet: 97 × 97 cm
Numbered 75 from the edition of 90
From the Apocalypse series, 1988. Haring's art and life typified youthful exuberance and fearlessness. While seemingly playful and transparent, Haring dealt with weighty subjects such as death, sex and war,...
From the Apocalypse series, 1988.
Haring's art and life typified youthful exuberance and fearlessness. While seemingly playful and transparent, Haring dealt with weighty subjects such as death, sex and war, enabling subtle and multiple interpretations. This is part of a suite of 10 silkscreen prints.
When the artist was diagnosed with AIDS in 1988, he collaborated with The “Beat Era” poet and novelist, William S. Burroughs on this Apocalypse series, which offers an insight into Haring’s personal struggle with the disease. Whilst a student at the School of Visual Arts, Haring came across the “Beat poets” at the 1978 Nova Convention and had been inspired by Burroughs’ methods of breaking down language ever since.
As with much of his other works, Haring adopts a system of expression inspired by Egyptian hieroglyphics in this series, that repeats and appropriates a set of motifs to create a memorable pictorial language. Haring’s prints represent disjointed, violent and at times perplexing episodes that imagine the horrors of Armageddon reflecting the turbulence in his own life which, just 2 years later resulted in his own premature death.
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Haring's art and life typified youthful exuberance and fearlessness. While seemingly playful and transparent, Haring dealt with weighty subjects such as death, sex and war, enabling subtle and multiple interpretations. This is part of a suite of 10 silkscreen prints.
When the artist was diagnosed with AIDS in 1988, he collaborated with The “Beat Era” poet and novelist, William S. Burroughs on this Apocalypse series, which offers an insight into Haring’s personal struggle with the disease. Whilst a student at the School of Visual Arts, Haring came across the “Beat poets” at the 1978 Nova Convention and had been inspired by Burroughs’ methods of breaking down language ever since.
As with much of his other works, Haring adopts a system of expression inspired by Egyptian hieroglyphics in this series, that repeats and appropriates a set of motifs to create a memorable pictorial language. Haring’s prints represent disjointed, violent and at times perplexing episodes that imagine the horrors of Armageddon reflecting the turbulence in his own life which, just 2 years later resulted in his own premature death.
**Hidden is compliant with Anti Money Laundering regulations and registered with HMRC in accordance with 5AMLD. This means that should you wish to purchase work/s for the sterling equivalent of 10,000 Euros or over, we will ask you for some additional verification for anti-money laundering purposes.**
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