I recently completed this project turning the back of @st66dublin into a giant progress pride flag & tribute to Keith Haring. It was a bit of a challenging canvas, but I'm really happy with the finished piece, looking forward to having drinks here when they finally get to open. 
The progress pride flag was designed by @danielquasar. It's a redesign of the rainbow LGBTQ pride flag. It includes black & brown stripes to represent marginalised LGBTQ communities of colour, along with the colours pink, light blue & white, which are the transgender pride flag.
As well as painting a portrait of Keith Haring, I wanted to pay tribute to his work as well as the activism which much of his work was embedded in. One of the main issues Haring highlighted in his work was AIDS, wanting to break the silence & the stigma & to spread awareness.
One of these pieces was this one (at the bottom of the double doors) which he made for ACT UP, an international, grassroots group which was originally set up in New York in 1987 (@actupny) to end the AIDS pandemic and improve the lives of people with AIDS.
ACT UP is very much still in existence and relevant today, with @ActUpDublin set up in 2016 in response to the steady growth in new HIV diagnoses in Ireland, and the persistent and pernicious silence and stigma that continue to surround HIV.
ACT UP Dublin are committed to direct action to end the HIV crisis. Check out their page to see the work they do, and hear about U=U Campaign (Undetectable = Untransmittable. People living with HIV who are on effective treatment CANNOT pass on HIV to their sexual partners.)
Thanks so much to @st66dublin for this commission. I loved getting to paint and pay tribute to my favourite artist 🙌
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@KeithHaringFdn
#keithharing
#lgbtq #pride
