![]() Then, there's a piece he calls the most outrageous. I'd much rather buy an ugly painting than a beautiful one," Waters said. "The ugliest piece is that drawing right there, the photograph right there, Christopher Wolf's studio, which I think it's really hard to take an all-ugly picture. There's a dart board, a washcloth, green toilet paper and other things hard to identify. Art's your roommate, you live with forever," Water said. They just challenged me and I wanted to live with them. "They delighted me or made me angry or made me laugh. ![]() Eventually, the BMA will get 900 works that come from Waters' homes in New York, San Francisco and Baltimore. Waters either bought or was gifted all the works of art over the years. "I left the whole collection to them because it's my hometown and it's where I first, as a child, got interested in contemporary art, and I hope I can do the same thing for the next weird little kid that takes a picture that nobody likes," Waters said. ![]() Waters and artists/co-curators Jack Pierson and Catherine Opie showed 11 News the 90 pieces of art selected from Waters' collection for the " Coming Attractions: The John Waters Collection" exhibit. The Baltimore Museum of Art on Tuesday unveiled a new exhibit that showcases some of the collection belonging to iconic Baltimore filmmaker John Waters. ![]()
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