Photography also plays a key role in Waters’ collection, including works by Peter Hujar Larry Clark Richard Prince Karlheinz Weinberger Arbus Goldin Opie and Pierson. The definition of painting extends beyond oil and canvas with works by Richard Artschwager Tadashi Kawamata Tom Sachs and Richard Tuttle, using a variety of materials. Works by Vincent Fecteau, Fischli and Weiss, Paul Lee, Doug Padgett, George Stoll and others lean heavily on craft to emulate everyday or familiar objects - a theme of the collection. The exhibition begins with a grouping of “touchstone” works that represent Waters’ relationships with people in the art and film worlds, such as Brigid Berlin, Colin de Land, Cookie Mueller and Warhol. Waters’ bequest to the museum includes works by 125 artists and helps expand its holdings related to queer identity and freedom of expression. The exhibition also highlights the deep and longstanding relationships that Waters has established with artists and the ways in which those personal engagements and connections have defined his collecting.
The exhibit is organized by Leila Grothe, the museum’s Associate Curator of Contemporary Art.Īmong the featured works are paintings, sculptures, photographs, and prints by Diane Arbus Nan Goldin Mike Kelley Cindy Sherman Gary Simmons Cy Twombly Andy Warhol Christopher Wool and others.Īccording to the museum, the selected works capture elements of key importance to Waters’ collecting vision, including a commitment to daring artists and artworks that exude confidence, wit and humor. The guest curators are photographer Catherine Opie and artist Jack Pierson, both of whom have been friends with Waters for years and are represented in his collection.
Although Waters’ donation to the museum includes works by himself and others, “Coming Attractions” will focus on art he has collected and displayed at his homes in Baltimore, New York City and San Francisco. While the Los Angeles show will focus on Waters’ work as a writer and filmmaker, the Baltimore exhibit will provide an insider’s look at his tastes in fine art. 20, 2022 to April 16, 2023, “Coming Attractions” is one of two Waters-related museum exhibits opening over the next year, along with “Pope of Trash,” a career retrospective at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles next summer.
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