Keith Haring
Positive vs. Negative Space
Our most recent unit had the students learning about the subway artist Keith Haring and his use of space in and around his artwork.
To start this unit off the students read two brief articles about Haring's life and artwork. They learned that he used a variety of symbols in his art to represent the different things happening in the world around him. For example he used dolphins to represent peace, while computers/box televisions were used to represent technology. While the students learned a lot about symbols and his use for them in artwork, our main focus for this unit was the element of art SPACE.
The students viewed the PowerPoint below, helping them see the difference between positive and negative space in a work of art.
The students then got to work creating 5 figures in the style of Keith Haring.
From those 5 figures the students had to select the top 3 of their drawings that showed the most motion and action.
The 3 figures were drawn on 3 square pieces of secondary colored construction paper; making sure that one part of their figure was touching one edge of the paper square. Then making one continuos cut around their figures, the students created examples of positive and negative space figures.
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