John Waters : indecent exposure / Kristen Hileman.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Baltimore, Maryland : The Baltimore Museum of Art ; Oakland, California : in association with University of California Press, ©2018.Description: 231 pages : illustrations ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 9780520300477
  • 0520300475
Contained works:
  • Hileman, Kristen. Inappropriation
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 709.2 23
LOC classification:
  • N6537.W294 A4 2018
Other classification:
  • ART016000 | ART006000 | ART015020 | ART015110 | PER018000 | PER004000 | BIO005000
Summary: This retrospective monograph examines John Waters's career with a focus on the photographs, sculpture, soundworks, and video he has made since the early 1990s, works that deploy his renegade humor to reveal the ways that mass media and celebrity embody cultural attitudes, moral codes, and shared tragedy. Waters has long been on the leading edge of a broadened understanding of American individualism, particularly as it relates to queer identity, racial equality, and freedom of expression. In bringing "bad taste" to the walls of galleries and museums, he tugs at the curtain of exclusivity that can divide art from human experience. The selected works featured in this publication are organized around themes including the artist's childhood and identity; Pop culture and the movie business; a satirical consideration of the contemporary art world; and the transgressive power of images. Essays are provided by Baltimore Museum of Art Senior Curator Kristen Hileman; art historian and activist Jonathan David Katz; critic, curator, and artist Robert Storr; as well as an interview with Waters by photographer Wolfgang Tillmans.--Adapted from publisher information.
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Book Book Stonewall Oversized (OS) N 6537 HIL 2018 1 Available 247841

"This catalogue is published on the occasion John Waters: Indecent Exposure, an exhibition presented at The Baltimore Museum of Art, October 7, 2018-January 6, 2019, and at the Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio State University, February 2-April 28, 2019"--Colophon.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-227) and index.

This retrospective monograph examines John Waters's career with a focus on the photographs, sculpture, soundworks, and video he has made since the early 1990s, works that deploy his renegade humor to reveal the ways that mass media and celebrity embody cultural attitudes, moral codes, and shared tragedy. Waters has long been on the leading edge of a broadened understanding of American individualism, particularly as it relates to queer identity, racial equality, and freedom of expression. In bringing "bad taste" to the walls of galleries and museums, he tugs at the curtain of exclusivity that can divide art from human experience. The selected works featured in this publication are organized around themes including the artist's childhood and identity; Pop culture and the movie business; a satirical consideration of the contemporary art world; and the transgressive power of images. Essays are provided by Baltimore Museum of Art Senior Curator Kristen Hileman; art historian and activist Jonathan David Katz; critic, curator, and artist Robert Storr; as well as an interview with Waters by photographer Wolfgang Tillmans.--Adapted from publisher information.

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