William Burroughs’s<\/a> vivid imagery, where household appliances surge in rebellion and wreak havoc on humanity, Haring transforms familiar objects into menacing entities: the benign vacuum evolves into a menacing gas mask, garden shears mutate into lethal claws, and a washing machine morphs into an evil eye. Atop the bold structures on the right, a funnel precariously balances a collapsing city that appears to teeter on the edge of annihilation. Adjacent to this crumbling metropolis is a face under siege, humorously yet distressingly accosted by electric toothbrushes, driving home Burroughs\u2019 dystopian imagery.<\/p>\nApocalypse (4) is an intricate dance of contrasts: of reverence and horror, of the mundane and the apocalyptic. Haring’s unerring ability to blend historic iconography with contemporary anxieties crafts a narrative that’s both jarring and deeply thought-provoking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Amidst the potent backdrop of William Burroughs’ text, Apocalypse (4) by Keith Haring dives deep into the chaotic world where household appliances assert dominance and nature itself turns nightmarish. The piece masterfully encapsulates the turmoil of rebellion and the blurred lines between sanctity and monstrosity. Page 4 The household appliances revolt: washing machines snatch clothes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1985,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"decades":[10],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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