Irene Arrighi, a history of art and french student from florence, comments on Keith Haring’s exhibition in Palazzo Reale
The exhibition in Palazzo Reale presents his works under an unusual light: curators have valued his works as much as the key artistic figures who Haring was inspired by. Among these, names like Jackson Pollock, Jean Dubuffet and Paul Klee make their appearance. Traditionally exposed as universal visual marks with no precedents, Haring’s works of art are in reality tied to other art periods and movements such as Italian Renaissance or Colombian art. In the section dedicated to “humanism”, the quotation of Da Vinci’s Vitruvian men is evident in one of his “faceless” figures.
By Photos by Saskia Lawaks the 19 April 2013
Keith Haring’s stylised bodies, wherever they appear, are instantly recognised by the majority of us. The characters of his works are not easily forgotten mainly for the continuity of their line, the vividness of their colours and the creative shape they are given.
Born in the late 50s, Keith Haring lived a rebellious youth, rejecting the religious background he was raised in to seek a more reckless life. It is then that he started leaving his mark through graffiti works in the underground.
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