KEITH HARING, THE BLUEPRINT DRAWINGS 7, THE BLUEPRINT DRAWINGS SERIES, SIGNED SCREEN PRINT, EDITION OF 33, 1990
The Blueprint Drawings 7 is a screen print from Keith Haring’s The Blueprint Drawings series that brings together 17 of his most iconic drawings. Completed in 1990, this was Haring’s final cohesive series of prints and was aptly depicted in his trademark linear style that incorporated some of his most recognisable figurative symbols. Throughout The Blueprint Drawings series there are images of radiating bodies, dotted landscapes and figures, UFO’s, barking dogs and penetration that come together to form an ambiguous narrative on homosexuality, otherness, and death.
Haring presents four frames in the print organised into a square composition, showing the head of a figure being blown off by the radiating stick that features throughout the series. On the one hand the stick in Haring’s work has come to represent a weapon that is used to beat, torture and murder. At the same time, the stick symbolises supernatural power and is used to ‘activate’ other figures to give them strength and dynamism.
The Blueprint Drawings 7 is striking in graphic simplicity limited to black line against a white background, that conveys a unique sense of dynamism and energy. Conveyed through Haring’s use of radiating action lines, dotted surfaces and almost comical narratives, this is a fun image with complex undertones.
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ABOUT KEITH HARING
Known for his bold graphic style and playful sense of humour, Keith Haring is one of the most influential and adored artists of the 20th century.
Born in Pennsylvania, in 1958, Haring was a talented draughtsman as a child and developed his cartoonish style at the hands of his father and the work of Walt Disney and Dr Seuss. However it would take some time before he realised he could marry this kind of drawing with being a fine artist. Upon graduating from high school he enrolled in a commercial art school before realising he had little interest in pursuing a career as an illustrator or graphic designer. After dropping out of college he joined the hippie movement and hitchhiked across the country where he made anti-Nixon t-shirts to pay for food and Grateful Dead tickets.
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