artemisdreaming:The Life of Christ triptych, 1990Keith HaringThere are nine casts of this triptych.
artemisdreaming:The Life of Christ triptych, 1990Keith HaringThere are nine casts of this triptych. Part of the permanent collections of The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; The Denver Art Museum; Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum; The Ludwig Museum, Cologne: Grace Cathedral, San Francisco; Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York; Church of Saint-Eustache, ParisFrom Cathedral of Saint John the Divine: “The Life of Christ (1990), a bronze and white-gold triptych altarpiece, is among the last works of noted New York City artist Keith Haring (1958-1990), completed just weeks before his death from AIDS. True to Haring’s inimitable and exuberant style, the altarpiece is crowded with angels and human figures, whose outstretched limbs lead the eye to the central figure of Christ. The altarpiece is a gift of the Estate of Keith Haring.”From Sotheby’s Catalogue Note “In 1989, Keith asked me to help him decorate his new Manhattan apartment. In his living room was an old brick fireplace which he hated, so I had it plastered over. The plaster was wet and I suggested that he draw into it. He thought it was a cool idea. It was as if the plaster were a three-dimensional textured canvas. He loved drawing in the plaster, and got very excited about the new medium. When he finished, it was very beautiful. I asked him if he wanted to make an edition of the fireplace and he loved the idea. Later, I asked him if he wanted to do other works in editions – perhaps, panels and tables. He laughed. But he said he liked the idea – he would do it. Trays were made for the panels and tables. I also had a last-minute inspiration and had special trays made in the shape of a Russian icon, an altar piece, a large version of a miniature icon I saw in a shop in Geneva. All the trays were then laid out in a quiet, womblike room in the Dakota. Trays were filled with fresh clay. Keith arrived. He snapped a tape into the ghetto blaster, turned up the music, sipped a Coke and set to work. Keep reading -- source link