Two-Headed Figure
Two-Headed Figure
Artist
Keith Haring
(1958 - 1990)
Date1986
MediumPolyurethane paint on aluminum
Dimensions83 × 96 × 56 in. (210.8 × 243.8 × 142.2 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, Made possible by Sybil Robson Orr and Matthew Orr, 2012.496
Signedssible
Accession number
2012.496
On View
Not on viewCollections
Label TextAs a graffiti artist based in New York City during the early 1980s, Haring developed a style that was instantly recognizable. His simplified outlines of people and animals, which first appeared in chalk on subway walls, developed into a bold, bright style in later paintings, murals, and sculptures such as Two-Headed Figure. An activist in his art and life, Haring engaged with events and issues that marked the 1980s, such as war, race, religion, sexuality, and the AIDS crisis. Haring died of AIDS-related complications at the age of 31.
Como grafitero en la Ciudad de Nueva York, Keith Haring desarrolló un estilo reconocible. Sus contornos sencillos de gente y animales, cubrieron las paredes del metro con gis, antes de convertirse en pinturas y murales de colores brillantes y esculturas atrevidas, como Figura bicéfala. Como activista, Haring se dedicó a las causas que marcaron los años 80, la guerra, la raza, la religión, la sexualidad y la crisis del SIDA. Murió de complicaciones relacionados con esta enfermedad a la edad de 31 años.
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