Untitled (Television man)
1984
Medium
metallic and enamel paint on composition board
Measurements
166.0 × 86.5 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Jason Yeap OAM and Min Lee Wong through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2015
© Keith Haring Foundation
Gallery location
Level 3, NGV International
About this work
These two panels originally formed part of the DJ booth at the Hardware Club in Melbourne, and were painted by Keith Haring during his visit in 1984. Haring was invited to Australia to undertake a series of public street art projects, including a temporary mural on the Waterwall at the National Gallery of Victoria and a mural in Collingwood. These panels show Haring’s trademark images of ‘man with television head’ and ‘dancing dog’, painted in a bi-chromatic scheme of fluid white lines on a black background. Haring developed his images and techniques as a graffiti artist in the subways of New York.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria
Accession Number
2015.286
Department
Contemporary Art
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Subjects (general)
Abstract Art Human Figures
Subjects (specific)
anthropomorphic creatures dancing (activity) graffiti (casual notations) graffiti art outlines (linear form) simplicity (artistic concept) television receivers
Movements
Contemporary (style of art)