Keith Haring: Print Retrospective 1982-1990 - Exhibit Opening
Date: Thursday, November 5, 2009
Time: 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Location: Collins C. Diboll Art Gallery, fourth floor Monroe Library
Born in Pennsylvania, Keith Haring developed an interest in making art at a young age. He set out to reach the widest possible audience with his early drawings in subways and quickly gained recognition in the art world with his stylized figures. His images often contradict their simple appearance and contain highly politicized messages, pertaining to issues such as poverty, religion and oppression.
Haring was also a tireless AIDS activist whose art often depicted the illness in his own unique way. Despite his early death of AIDS in 1990 at the age of 31, Haring’s imagery has become a universally recognized visual language of the 20th century. The Keith Haring Foundation, established in 1989, continues his legacy of giving to AIDS organizations and children’s programs.
The Haring exhibit is on loan from the collection of Loyola alumnus Stuart H. Smith, J.D. ’86 and Barry J. Cooper, Jr., M.B.A. ’94, J.D. ’00. Smith and Cooper began collecting Haring’s work in 1997 when they moved to the New Orleans French Quarter, and they continue to add to this collection today.
The exhibition is supported by The John Burton Harter Charitable Trust.
Tickets or Fees: FREE
For additional information contact: Karoline Schleh at 504-865-5456 or by email at gallery@loyno.edu
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