![]() "I have a lot of art that would work in a bathroom. I also have George Stoll’s chiffon toilet paper. "There’s ’Wedged Lump’ by Mike Kelley that looks exactly like a giant turd. ![]() “I have a piece by Tony Tasset called ‘I peed in my pants,'" Waters said. The filmmaker began to mentally run through his collection and tick off the possibilities: In fact, he turns 76 on this very day, April 22, and is readying to premiere his. The John Waters Restrooms, he thinks, might be a logical choice. As cinema’s darling purveyor of filth, John Waters, at 76, has heard and seen it all, and he isn’t slowing down. Waters is already having fun imagining which pieces will be on view - and in which parts of the museum. The gift agreement also stipulates that an inaugural exhibition of Waters’ collection will be held by the end of 2025, and that five artworks, including one created by Waters, will be prominently displayed in the museum at all times. Waters had personal relationships with many of the artists he collected, and the meticulous files he assembled on the artworks will be part of the bequest. I wanted the art that I’ve been collecting for 50 years to go to the place that taught me from the very beginning how powerful and how exciting art is and how much trouble it can cause.” “But I’m not going to penalize the Baltimore museum. ![]() ![]() “I was against the deaccessioning,” he said, using the art world parlance for selling works owned by a museum. Though Waters sided with opponents of the proposed sale, the public dispute didn’t dissuade him from going ahead with his gift. ![]()
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