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| Last updated on - March 11, 2004 What is significant? The Keith Haring Mural is a large work of art by Keith Haring. It is painted onto a cement panel which is located on the bottom half of the red brick wall at the eastern end of the former Collingwood Technical School. The cement panel and mural measure 7.4 x 11.5 metres. The mural has a yellow background and depicts moving red and green figures of people and a large creature. Three metal conduits and a pipe attached to the wall (three vertical and one horizontal) are also part of the composition (a fifth metal pipe and light which were originally part of the composition are no longer present). A small wooden door (measuring 70cm wide and 65cm high) has the artist's signature and baby symbol painted on it. History Summary The New York based artist Keith Haring (1958-1990) visited Melbourne between February and March 1984. During this time he created a number of works, the largest, most enduring and visible of which is the mural on the eastern wall of the former Collingwood Technical School. While Haring painted, he played hip hop music on his Kenny Scharf painted ghetto blaster, and spoke and danced with pupils from the Technical School. From the early to mid 1990s the mural began to appear faded. The pale appearance was caused by a layer of white pigment which had migrated to the surface. The red paint was also peeling. Following several public campaigns, the vibrancy of the original paint was returned by conservation treatment, a technique which preserved Haring's artistic hand, or what he referred to as his 'line' later in his career. Description Summary The mural is painted onto a cement panel which is located on the bottom half of the red brick wall. The yellow background of the mural was painted using rollers by students of the Collingwood Technical College on 5 March 1984 using a colour believed to have been chosen by Haring. Keith Haring painted the red and green figures with a brush by hand on 6 March 1984. The whole background of the mural is a bright yellow. The upper half depicts a green hybrid sphinx/caterpillar monster with a computer monitor for a head. The monitor has a red brain or intestines inside it. The monster is ridden by two faceless green human figures holding red radiating 'power' sticks. The lower half of the mural consists of vibrant dancing figures in red with green emphasis lines around them to create the effect of movement. A small wooden door has the artist's signature and baby symbol painted on it. This site is part of the traditional land of the Kulin Nation. How is it significant? The Keith Haring Mural is of historical, aesthetic and social significance to the State of Victoria. It satisf |
| 25 Jul 2011 |
| Use of part of the land for a training and performance space including place of assembly, on premises liquor license and development of the land for the demolition of existing buildings, construction of a new central building, associated works, car p |
| (Source: City of Yarra, reference no: PLN11/0600) |
| 21 Jul 2014 |
| Change of use, buildings & works, reduction in car parking and waiver of loading bay requirements |
| (Source: City of Yarra, reference no: PLN14/0660) |
| 23 Dec 2014 |
| Buildings & works |
| (Source: City of Yarra, reference no: PLN14/1207) |
| 26 Mar 2015 |
| Permanent Underage Authority - S.120 |
| (Source: Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation, reference no: 58280A01) |
| 16 Oct 2015 |
| Change of Use - Place of Assembly |
| (Source: City of Yarra, reference no: PLN15/1032) |
| 10 Jan 2018 |
| Buildings and works and signage |
| (Source: , reference no: ) |
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