Growing #2

The current piece employs the artist's characteristic vibrant colours and bold outlines to guide the viewer's eye around his figures, which all morph into one singular being. In their interconnectedness, Haring's figures grow together, devoid of distinctions between sex, gender, race, or class. This piece is part of Keith Haring's 'Growing' series, consisting of five prints created in 1988 after the artist was tragically diagnosed with AIDS. Reflecting on the fragile state of the world at the time, this is an optimistic series alluding to his hopes for a world of socio-political harmony and unity.

Screenprint in colours, 1988, on Lenox Museum Board, signed and dated in pencil, numbered 16/100 from the edition of 100, published by Martin Lawrence Limited Editions, New York, with their blindstamp, 75.9 x 101.9 cm. (29 7/8 x 40 1/8 in.)

Littmann p.90