pictorial language<\/a> of his own making, offering a code through which to interpret his illustrative messages and infusing his works with rich narrative and making it readily understandable cross-culturally. Often, the dog was Haring\u2019s allusion to oppressive institutions, a reflection of the artist\u2019s social and political concerns, and a warning to trust authority with a discerning mind.<\/p>\nIn addition to the symbolism of its larger self, in Dog<\/em>, Haring compounds complexity in the body of the canine by animating it with an impious vascular system of shocking imagery. Vignettes of zoophilia, monstrous creatures, humans being walked by dogs, violence, and even more cryptic ciphers layer the composition; among it all, \u201cradiant baby<\/em>\u201d, Haring\u2019s signature, crawls peacefully, acting as the emblem of the new generation\u2019s experience growing up in chaos and the hope that they transcend that temptations and scars of pre-existing evils. This is no \u201cdumb dog\u201d. In fact, Keith Haring\u2019s Dog<\/em> may be one of the most insightful and challenging animals to tackle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Keith Haring‘s Dog, created in 1985, is a lithograph that showcases Haring\u2019s ability to assimilate complex and profound symbolism into his creations with clarity and simplicity. This piece features a large dog, a recurring motif in Haring’s art, which is rendered with bold lines, geometric edges, and gestural lines that evoke the artist\u2019s passion for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":502,"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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