S2eAE Teaching & Learning Resources

Title: Celebrating Love and Hope

School: Kent Ridge Secondary School

Artists: Benjamin Loh Jia Sheng, Qian Shang Hong, Zaheer Abbas Nashwa Shanum, Marina Laiseca Macho

Age: 13

Year: 2021

Medium: Mixed Media

Dimension: 40 x 40cm

Artist Statement:

In this VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambuiguous) world where many people are facing unique tensions and fears, our artwork is inspired by the various messages and themes in Keith Haring’s artworks. We hope that through this artwork, our messages of love, togetherness and connections can encourage viewers to stay hopeful and positive to keep going in the road ahead.

I find it interesting to see how the students worked with one another to share their different viewpoints and understand how art enable them to process their experiences. - Mr Kenneth Pek

👁️‍🗨️ Elements of Art & Principles of Design

line, shape, value, colour, space

balance, unity, movement, rhythm

💡 Artist Reference

Keith Haring was born in 1958, in Pennsylvania, USA. He loved drawing cartoons and visiting museums. Keith Haring is known for colourful, cartoon artworks and certain characters such as crawling babies, barking dogs and spaceships. When he was 20 years old he moved to New York City. In the 1980s, New York was very exciting place and there were many artists working in the same neighbourhood as Haring, such as Andy Warhol and Jean Michel Basquiat. Keith Haring was inspired by graffiti artists. He drew hundreds of drawings on New York’s subway. He used chalk to make his art.

Jean-Michel Basquiat (American, 1960–1988), one of the first African American artists to reach international stature and wealth in the art world, had a short but impactful career. His rise to fame came quickly, as he was celebrated for his fusion of multicultural symbols, biting social commentary, and distinctive graphic style. Born in Brooklyn, NY, Basquiat drew and visited museums regularly from an early age, and many of his childhood interests—ranging from cartoons and Alfred Hitchcock films to anatomy and French and Spanish textbooks—would prove influential in his later work.

💬 Let's Talk About Art

WHAT MAKES YOU SAY THAT?

What’s going on in the artwork?

What do you see that makes you say that?

What other information is there

that supports what you say?

Adapted from:

Harvard Project Zero’s Thinking Routines

🎨 Suggested Activity

Positive Quotes Posters in Keith Haring's style

Using Keith's Haring style of doodle drawings, create a poster conveying a positive message (for eg; Kindness messages).

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