Red-Yellow-Blue #2 1987

Keith Haring made this graphic painting in his signature palette of red, yellow and blue. It’s like he was pulling images out from the city walls, those subway drawings we all loved. I wonder what it was like for him, back then? The New York art world was exploding, and painting… well, painting was everything and nothing. I imagine him thinking about surface, about how a line can speak, shout even. And then the color, those primaries—they’re so direct, no messing around, right? Haring must have been feeling the pull of all those comic books and cartoons that were so ubiquitous. And the way he leaves the strokes visible in that black ground! That's pure painting, baby. It’s like a Jackson Pollock drip turned into a pop symbol. I think Cy Twombly would have loved this, that sense of raw energy, just pouring out. Artists are always talking to each other, you know? It's an ongoing conversation across time, inspiring creativity with every gesture.