Canada (February, 2024) – I went back for a second whirlwind tour of Haring's (often explicit) 80's pop art exhibition. Perhaps based on the location of my childhood domicile and the eclectic entourage that visited, I am familiar with a particular era of Haring's iconography. I found myself lost both times watching old videos of the artist in action... literally painting himself into a corner. For me the retrospective connects to a particularly difficult time; a lingering epidemic with an overwhelming sense of prejudice based on fear of the unknown.
