From 17 September to 4 FebruaryPalazzo Tarasconi in Parma dedicates an exhibition to Keith Haring (1958-1990), Radiant Vision, curated by Katharine J Wright, who arrives in Emilia after the four stages of the American tour, the success at the Villa Reale in Monza and the last stop in Israel.
More than 130 works by the most famous pop artist of the eighties, from a private collection, will be on display, tralithographs, serigraphs, drawings on paper and posters illustrating the entire span of Haring's short but prolific career, examining different aspects of the artist's life and production, including drawings on the subway and street art, exhibitions in some of New York's most famous galleries, the Pop Shop and its commercial work. While working on a variety of different mediums (including paintings, prints, posters, drawings, sculptures and street art) Haring's style is instantly recognizable: bold lines, pictographic symbols and bright colors abound in each of his works. A friend of Andy Warhol, Haring explored the marketing potential of his "brand" through commercial partnerships, consumer products and even his own storefront. Also on display is Medusa Head, the largest print ever made by Haring, more than two meters long and almost one and a half meters high. The work is a modern reinterpretation of the Greek tale of Medusa, a winged woman whose hair was composed of snakes capable of turning bystanders into stone. For Haring, who in 1986 had witnessed the deadly effects of AIDS but had not yet been diagnosed, the monstromitic was an apt symbol of the disease that killed his healthy young friends in the blink of an eye.
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