THE ART OF KEITH HARING: COMMUNICATING IDEAS THROUGH CONTEMPORARY POP ART MS. WILLIS - GRADE 7 VISUAL ARTS

LEARNING GOALS PRODUCE ART WORKS THAT COMMUNICATE FEELINGS, IDEAS AND ISSUES, INCLUDING OPPOSING POINTS OF VIEW DEMONSTRATE AND EXPLAIN HOW ELEMENTS OF DESIGN ARE USED IN ART WORKS TO COMMUNICATE MESSAGES EFFECTIVELY INTERPRET ART WORKS AND IDENTIFY THE FEELINGS, ISSUES AND SOCIAL CONCERNS THEY CONVEY IDENTIFY AND DESCRIBE SOME OF THE WAYS IN WHICH VISUAL ARTS REFLECT THE BELIEFS AND TRADITIONS OF CULTURES AND/OR TIME PERIODS

HOW DOES ART COMMUNICATE?

POP ART A FORM OF ART THAT DEPICTS OBJECTS OR SCENES FROM EVERYDAY LIFE AND EMPLOYS TECHNIQUES OF COMMERCIAL ART AND POPULAR ILLUSTRATION.

KEITH HARING 1958 – – 1980 TIME PERIOD A BIG INFLUENCE (POP ART!) LOVED ART FROM AN EARLY AGE, ATTENDED IVY SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL ART LIKED TO GIVE PUBLIC ACCESS TO ART – OFTEN DID HIS ART IN PUBLIC PLACES (SUBWAYS) ACHIEVED INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION, INSPIRED OTHER ARTISTS OUTSPOKEN ABOUT SOCIAL ISSUES HE FELT STRONGLY ABOUT DIED OF AIDS IN 1990

KEITH HARING

Protesting the Berlin Wall 3 years before it came down.

Tree of Life

How to Draw Keith Haring Style:

YOUR ASSIGNMENT CHOOSE A SOCIAL MESSAGE TOPIC FROM GROUP BRAINSTORM GRAFFITI PAPERS SKETCH A STICK FIGURE SCENE THAT HELPS PORTRAY YOUR MESSAGE. BLOCK AROUND THE STICK FIGURE TO MAKE CHUNKIER CARTOON FIGURES. PAINT FIGURES USING BRIGHT PRIMARY COLOURS. WHEN PAINT IS DRY, OUTLINE YOUR FIGURES IN THICK BLACK MARKER AND CUT OUT. PAINT A COLOUR BACKGROUND THAT YOUR FIGURES AND MESSAGE WILL GO ON. GLUE YOUR FIGURES ONTO YOUR PAINTED BACKGROUND. USE THICK BLACK MARKER OR PAINT TO ADD MOVEMENT LINES AND YOUR MESSAGE.

REMINDER OF USING PAINT! NEWSPAPER UNDER ALL PAINTING! WRITE YOUR NAME ON THE BACK OF ALL YOUR WORK BEFORE YOU START PAINTING USE ONLY SMALL DABS OF PAINT TO START. YOU CAN ALWAYS GO BACK FOR MORE, BUT PLEASE DON’T WASTE! BRUSHES MUST BE WASHED AFTER USE USE PAINT APPROPRIATELY PLEASE! PAINING IS A PRIVILEGE!

ARTIST STATEMENT QUESTIONS 1. WHAT ELEMENTS OF ART DOES KEITH HARING USE PREDOMENTLY IN HIS WORK? DESCRIBE HOW HE USES THEM. (REFER BACK TO PREVIOUS SLIDES FOR HINTS!) 2. WHAT ELEMENTS IN KEITH HARING’S ART SHOW A REFLECTION OF HIS TIME PERIOD AND/OR CULTURE? 3. HOW HAVE YOU USED VISUAL ART TO PORTRAY YOUR MESSAGE? DESCRIBE/EXPLAIN IN DETAIL. REMEMBER TO COMPLETE YOUR REFLECTION AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STATEMENT AS WELL AND ATTACH THE COMPLETED ART RUBRIC