Apocalypse

Keith Haring

One of 10 works with the same title, year, medium and size: KH00000519, KH00000521, KH00000522, KH00000523, KH00000524, KH00000525, KH00000526, KH00000527, KH00000528.

Date

1988Source: Keith Haring Foundation: Apocalypse

Artwork type

PrintSource: Keith Haring Foundation: Apocalypse

Dimensions

96.5 × 96.5 cmSource: Keith Haring Foundation: Apocalypse

Medium

SilkscreenSource: Keith Haring Foundation: Apocalypse

Signed

Not recorded

Description

Text: Willliam S. Burroughs, Edition: 90 Page 5 Skyscrapers scrape rents of blue and white paint from the sky, shredding, peeling, nitrous ochres and red eat through bridges, which fall into the rivers splashing colors across – my back I always hear – piers, streets AMOK art – Hurry up please, its time – floods inorganic molds – Times winged chariot hurrying – stirring passion of – near. Closing time gentlemen – metal and glass steel – these our actors as I foretold you – girders writhe – actors frantically packing in theatrical – mineral lust – hotels… are all spirits.Source: Keith Haring Foundation: Apocalypse

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