Lines of Desire: Keith Haring’s Writing Practice and the Visual Production of a Queer Genealogy

A talk by Ricardo Montez, Associate Professor of Performance Studies at the New School This talk explores the libidinal field of Keith Haring’s art production within New York City, considering the ways in which writing and Haring’s expression of line are connected to cross-racial desire. In his journals, Haring describes writing as means to evacuate his body of desire. What does it mean for Haring to write sexual energy out of himself?