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Titel: Keith Haring - Retrospect 1989
Teile: 1000
Hersteller: Ravensburger
Jahr: 2007
Artikel-Nr. 15 615 3
Gelegt: 07.-08.04.2012
The basketball courts are closed for "restoration" according to the sign on the gate. The mural restoration looks great, even through the fences.
'Tuttomondo'
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A local student's chance encounter with Keith Haring led to the creation of one of Europe's largest murals.
In 1989, anthropology student Piergiorgio Castellani bumped into Keith Haring while on vacation in New York City. The famously approachable Haring invited Castellani to visit his studio, and there they hatched a plan for a mural on a church wall in Pisa.
Haring usually finished murals in a day but this one took four days, with the aid of students and a local paint company that provided free materials. The piece is among the artist's last public works before his death from AIDS in 1990.
The resulting artwork on the Church of San Antonio is the largest public mural in Europe, measuring 10 meters high by 18 meters wide. The theme of the painting is world peace, as suggested by the title "Tuttomondo," which translates to "All World."
Each of Haring's figures represents a different aspect of peace - for example, a woman holding a baby shows maternity, human scissors cutting the head off a serpent show triumph over evil, men with dolphins represent humankind's relationship with nature. The viewer is also represented by the yellow figure walking toward the famous Leaning Tower.
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Chapel of St. Savior
Completed just one month before he died of AIDS on February 16, 1990, the altarpiece is a massive three-panel bronze work finished in white gold-leaf that depicts scenes from the life of Christ -- a baby held in a pair of hands, hands ascending toward heaven, and Christ on the cross. Executed in Haring's trademark childlike style, the altarpiece was created with a special looped knife and is Haring's only religious work. It measures 5 feet by 8 feet, weighs just under 600 pounds, and is in the form of a large Russian icon.
It is the last major work completed by Haring before his death.
Part of the CF meltdown included corrupting some of my shots, including the timer/group shot. :(
But hey, the test shot came out great!