John Waters, Sexual Attraction, 2014, C-prints, 12 1/2 x 33 1/2 inches (total), 6 x 27 inches (image size), edition of 5
John Waters, Sexual Attraction, 2014, C-prints, 12 1/2 x 33 1/2 inches (total), 6 x 27 inches (image size), edition of 5


1275 Minnesota St / Rena Bransten Gallery

A hit parade of hell, Waters’ photographic prints and sculptures use appropriated movie imagery that both mocks and embraces the extremes of the art world and show business all in one whoop of demented joy. Failed masculinity, anal trauma, Catholic rebellion, critical revenge, capital punishment, even children acting out a G-rated video version of the X-rated film “Pink Flamingos”. It’s all here, on the walls, on the floor like leftover storyboards and damaged movie props abandoned by a B-list publicist who fled the industry. Waters considers this a group exhibition with only one artist: himself.