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Keith Haring. 1958-1990. Created by L. Rice and J. Walker 1-06. “I don't think art is propaganda; it should be something that liberates the soul, provokes the imagination and encourages people to go further. It celebrates humanity instead of manipulating it.” Keith Haring.
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Keith Haring 1958-1990 Created by L. Rice and J. Walker 1-06
“I don't think art is propaganda; it should be something that liberates the soul, provokes the imagination and encourages people to go further. It celebrates humanity instead of manipulating it.” Keith Haring
Let’s look and talk about Haring’s images…
“My contribution to the world is my ability to draw. I will draw as much as I can for as many people as I can for as long as I can. Drawing is still basically the same as it has been since prehistoric times. It brings together man and the world. It lives through magic.” --Haring
Symbolism: Is a pictorial representation of words (using pictures as words) What symbols do we use today?
Web Sites http://www.formosa-translation.com/chinese/ http://www.kpsec.freeuk.com/symbol.htm http://www.indiansummer.com/symbol.htm http://www.slackaction.com/signroll.htm#
In Art: You will prepare 10 thumbnail sketches of symbols representing yourself You will choose 5 sketches to recreate 1 in computer 4 in art You will create a pattern border to frame the computer sketch
In Computer: You will go to the Keith Haring Website: http://www.haringkids.com/index.html You look at websites with symbols on them You will recreate 1 sketch in Kid Pix You will write a paragraph explaining why that symbol represents you
Bibliography Book: Keith Haring, I wish I didn’t have to sleep! Adventures in Art by Prestel ISBN 3-7913-1815-2 Images From: http://images.google.com/images?q=Haring&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&sa=N&tab=wi