Apocalypse 5
1988
Color screenprint
A chaotic composition features stylized figures, a dragon head, and a collage element of Jesus. Bold lines and flat areas of color create a dynamic and energetic scene. A chaotic composition features stylized figures, a dragon head, and a collage element of Jesus. Bold lines and flat areas of color create a dynamic and energetic scene. Multidisciplinary artist and activist Keith Haring created <i>Apocalypse</i> in collaboration with the writer William S. Burroughs to draw public attention to the ravages of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Burroughs’s Surrealist prose was a frequent source of inspiration for Haring and had a definitive impact on this series, which was published two years before the artist’s own death from HIV/AIDS. In each of these ten prints, Haring invokes a range of motifs characteristic o
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