November 5, 2009 - January 29, 2010

Keith Haring: A Print Retrospective, 1982-1990
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Artwork of Keith Haring comes to Loyola's Diboll Gallery

IMAGE: Lucky Strike, 1987, Silkscreen, 11½" x 8¼"

The colorful and vibrant mastery of the late New York City artist Keith Haring will be the subject of the next exhibit on display in the Collins C. Diboll Art Gallery at Loyola University New Orleans.

“Keith Haring: A Print Retrospective 1982 – 1990,” runs Thursday, Nov. 5 through Jan. 29, 2010. An opening reception will kick off the show at 5 p.m., on the fifth.

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.

The Collins C. Diboll Art Gallery is open Monday – Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sundays from Noon to 6 p.m.

For more information, contact Gallery Director Karoline Schleh at gallery@loyno.edu or 504-865-5456.