This painting was purposefully left unfinished by Haring to represent his life being cut short by AIDS. It has sometimes been described as a self-portrait, with the incomplete nature of the piece representing Haring's unfinished career and the art he would not be able to create.[1][4] This painting has also been described as a statement on the AIDS epidemic's destruction of the gay community and culture, with the sudden shift into blank canvas indicating the sudden onset of the pandemic.

Sometimes you don't even need the computer, just the ignoramus.

An ignoramus did try to finish it, using AI. This is the same thing as people facetuning self portraits of Frida Kahlo.