Uitgelicht: Lot 145 Keith Haring (1958-1990)

‘I’m drawing when I’m painting. When you’re drawing, it’s completely separate because drawing is making a mark and cutting into space and finding something that didn’t exist before. It’s pure creation in its simplest form.’ (K. Haring, quoted by J. Rubell, ‘Keith Haring: The Last Interview’)

On 6 July 1987, Keith Haring painted this mural on the side of a large sea container. At the time, the container was used to store surfboards and gear for the Channel Surf Club on the beach at Knokke, Belgium. The project, which was completed in a single day, was recorded on film: Haring, carrying a brush and small pots of black and red paint, portrays the swimmers and surfers as though they have come surging out of the monstrous mouth of a sea god. Lees verder