Fertility Suite 1983

Keith Haring made this print, Fertility Suite, with bold colors like red, green, and orange, and thick black lines, maybe using a screen-printing process, or something bold and graphic like that. I love the feeling of those UFOs beaming down at the pyramid – is it life-giving energy or something more sinister? I wonder what Haring was thinking about. The pyramid, like a source of ancient knowledge, zapped by the future, and the little figure in the corner seems to be welcoming it all. It reminds me a little of art brut or comic books, things that aren't trying to be traditional art but have so much life and energy. It feels optimistic and a little bit weird all at once. Like a lot of artists, Haring had a unique way of blending different styles and ideas, talking to the past and future simultaneously.