Keith Haring

Ignorance = Fear / Silence = Death
1989

Vibrant artwork featuring three yellow figures with pink crosses over their bodies, each covering their eyes, ears, and mouth respectively, against a bright orange background with radiating lines. Above, the text "IGNORANCE = FEAR" in blue, and below, "SILENCE = DEATH" alongside "FIGHT AIDS ACT UP" with a pink triangle. The style is reminiscent of Keith Haring's work.

Vibrant artwork featuring three yellow figures with pink crosses over their bodies, each covering their eyes, ears, and mouth respectively, against a bright orange background with radiating lines. Above, the text "IGNORANCE = FEAR" in blue, and below, "SILENCE = DEATH" alongside "FIGHT AIDS ACT UP" with a pink triangle. The style is reminiscent of Keith Haring's work.

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Date
1989

Classification
Prints

Medium
Offset lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 24 1/16 × 43 1/16in. (61.1 × 109.4 cm) Image: 24 1/16 × 43 1/16in. (61.1 × 109.4 cm)

Accession number
2014.265

Publication
Published by ACT-UP

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of David W. Kiehl in honor of Patrick Moore

Rights and reproductions
© Keith Haring Foundation

API
artworks/46387

Exhibitions

An Incomplete History of Protest: Selections from the Whitney’s Collection, 1940–2017

Aug 18, 2017–Aug 27, 2018

Keith Haring
6 works in the collection

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