Talk Friday, 24 January 2020
Filthy Lucre: Darren Waterston in Conversation
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This immersive installation by contemporary artist Darren Waterston presents a detailed and decadent interpretation of James Abbott McNeill Whistler's famed Peacock Room, a sumptuous 19th-century interior.
Darren Waterston's Filthy Lucre was created by the artist in collaboration with MASS MoCA, North Adams, Massachusetts. Courtesy of DC Moore Gallery, New York.
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Filthy Lucre enamel badge
This pin badge design commemorates Filthy Lucre: Whistler's Peacock Room Reimagined. The 12 digit card number is made up of key years in the story of the Peacock Room and the creation and display of Filthy Lucre.
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Darren Waterston’s Filthy Lucre
Darren Waterston’s Filthy Lucre presents a dystopian response to the celebrated Peacock Room of 1876, designed by the architect Thomas Jeckyll and made infamous by the controversial painter James Abbott McNeill Whistler.
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Filthy Lucre ginger jar enamel badge
This lidded jar known as a “ginger jar” was made in the Jingdezhen province around 1683 – 1710 and is typical of the Chinese ceramics that would have been on display in the Peacock Room.
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Filthy Lucre: Whistler's Peacock Room Reimagined
Background image: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Photo by Hutomo Wicaksono