{"id":909,"date":"2022-08-09T20:26:03","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T20:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haringgallery.com\/?post_type=artworks&p=909"},"modified":"2023-05-24T00:53:35","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T00:53:35","slug":"ludo-2","status":"publish","type":"artworks","link":"https:\/\/haringgallery.com\/artworks\/ludo-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ludo 2"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ludo 2<\/em> is a 1985 lithograph on paper by Keith Haring<\/a>. The print belongs to the “Ludo” series of 5 artworks that show strange-gestural lines and figures in a red, black, and white color palette. With red dominating the subjects of the series,\u00a0Ludo\u00a0<\/em>carries a frenzied, chaotic feeling while also resembling “primitive” art that Haring often cited as inspiration.<\/p>\n Devoted to activism surrounding AIDS<\/a>, Apartheid, government corruption, and media, to name just a few social issues, Haring used his art as a means to communicate important messages through a symbolic code. These symbols tend to invoke Egyptian hieroglyphics, Aztec art, and cave paintings. Bold and reminiscent of the graffiti style<\/a> that Haring loved to leave in the subway, the Ludo portfolio swims in more ambiguity than some of the artist\u2019s other works.<\/p>\n Ludo 2<\/em> depicts a wide-eyed gaze that could make any onlooker feel as if they\u2019re being watched. The lone head lays on its side, with energy markings above a nook in the noggin. Although the face itself is cheerful, its apparent unawareness of its state fills Ludo 2<\/em> with an unresolved air. What\u2019s more is the trunk-like appendage on the face, and its transparent complexion that reveals a maze of red lines. A compelling separation from some of Haring\u2019s more stickfigure-esque outlines, the power of Ludo 2<\/em> lies in the detail of the eyes that dare the audience to stare back. After all, eyes are the windows to the soul.<\/p>\n See also: Ludo 1<\/a>, Ludo 3<\/a>, Ludo 4<\/a>,<\/em> and Ludo 5<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ludo 2 is a 1985 lithograph on paper by Keith Haring. The print belongs to the “Ludo” series of 5 artworks that show strange-gestural lines and figures in a red, black, and white color palette. With red dominating the subjects of the series,\u00a0Ludo\u00a0carries a frenzied, chaotic feeling while also resembling “primitive” art that Haring often […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1958,"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