The Story Of Red And Blue 1 Keith Haring

KEITH HARING, THE STORY OF RED AND BLUE 1, THE STORY OF RED AND BLUE SERIES, COLOUR LITHOGRAPH, EDITION OF 90, 1990

The Story Of Red And Blue 1 is part of a series of prints called The Story Of Red And Blue by Keith Haring from 1990. Presented in the form of a children’s story book, this series is representative of Haring’s desire to create a visual language appealing to both adults and children alike. Throughout the series he limits his colour palette to bright red and blue and rendered each image in his distinctive linear style with black rounded lines.

The Story Of Red And Blue 1 shows an image of an unusual, bright red, animal-like figure with a long neck and nose, with a typical Haring stick figure balancing on this character’s nose. This is a playful and lively image that sets the tone for the images that follow in the series.

Haring’s use of action lines that radiate from the balancing figure and from this other character’s hand that points upwards creates a sense of dynamism and movement to the image. As though to poke fun at the stick figure, the character with the long neck points upwards to as the figure appears to be on the brink of falling from the long nose. Haring’s use of energetic line encourages the viewer to find a sense of joy from this print.

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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. Learn more about Keith Haring.