AIDS crisis<\/a>. Haring was not only an artist, but a passionate activist who used his platform to address issues including war, drug abuse, racism, and AIDS that were affecting his community, to challenge societal prejudices and institutional injustice. Haring also created his works as a means of fostering connection between people in hopes of inciting inspiration to develop a more promising future.<\/p>\nIn Lithograph \u2154<\/em>, Haring departs from his more satirical works that mesh colorful comedy with serious themes and ventures towards horror and distress. The composition features gestural lines that create a dynamism about the character and body parts that appear to be mid-movement and tense, as if caught screaming. Haring uses phallic imagery in this composition, a motif prominent throughout his body of work and sometimes associating the narratives with larger themes of queer love and sexuality. Like the majority of his works, Haring\u2019s Pop style is open to interpretation, but Lithograph \u2154<\/em> is undoubtedly an emotionally charged composition that showcases Haring\u2019s depth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In 1985, Keith Haring created a series of lithographs that captured the spirit of the time with bold lines, graphic imagery, and a fearless attitude towards societal issues. The second lithograph in the series, Lithograph 2\/3, features a monstrous face with exaggerated features and phallic details that immediately draw the viewer’s attention. The surreal quality […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":785,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","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":"default","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":[10,11],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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