Keith Haring: Manhattan Penis Drawings for Ken Hicks
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| Rating | : | 4.81 (800 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 3905999633 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 72 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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Simply penises ! Larry Legras Small and simple . Interesting take on NY.
Keith Haring just really liked penises. There are penises drawn in front of Tiffany’s, in front of the Museum of Modern Art, while ‘waiting for a yam.’ There are minimalist penises, composed of as few lines as possible. There are also Gucci penises, alphabet penises, flying torpedo penises, optical illusion penises, deconstructed penises, ‘actual size’ tracings of penises, and clusters of penises on the subway at rush hour. (Dan Piepenbring The Paris Review) . In light of the forceful politics of Haring's later work, his penis drawings
Sometimes the inspiration is quite literal, as in a drawing of the Twin Towers reimagined as two erect penises. Arriving in New York in 1978 to study at the School of Visual Arts, he experimented with performance, video, installation and collage, and found himself increasingly involved in an alternative art community that showed its work in the streets and nightclubs; Haring himself would find a uniquely effective platform for his drawings in the unused advertising panels scattered throughout the subway system.Manhattan Penis Drawings for Ken Hicks collects one singular series of Haring’s drawings: a series of cartoonish penises inspired by the city of Manhattan, made in the late 1970s. Other times, the relation is more atmospheric, as in the drawing of a frenzied mass of penises evoking the hustle and bustle of the city but also recalling the dynamism of Futurist painting, captioned "Drawing penises in front of The Museum of Modern Art.". Haring’s humorous drawings envi