Black Box: John Waters’ Kiddie Flamingos

From September 21, 2016 — January 22, 2017

8bc6e994-a277-45ee-a846-895026bfef73 Black Box: John Waters’ Kiddie Flamingos 2016-kiddie-flamingos https://s3.amazonaws.com/artbma/images/exhibitions/large/kiddieFlamingos.jpg https://s3.amazonaws.com/artbma/images/exhibitions/small/kiddieFlamingos.jpg A group of children in costume sit at a table surrounding John Waters. John Waters. Kiddie Flamingos. 2014. The Baltimore Museum of Art: Dr. Max Stern Trust Fund; gift of the Friends of Modern and Contemporary Art; Alice and Franklin Cooley Fund; and purchased as the gift of an Anonymous Donor, BMA 2015.85. © John Waters, Courtesy Marianne Boesky Gallery 0 2016-09-21T00:00:00-04:00 2017-01-22T00:00:00-04:00 Free admission

For this 2014 video, John Waters recast his 1972 cult film Pink Flamingos—considered one of the most notorious films ever made—with children reading a cleverly modified G-rated script. The 74-minute video shown on a continuous loop in the Black Box gallery features adorable kids wearing wigs and suggestions of the original costumes as they evoke the legendary performances of Divine, Mink Stole, Edith Massey, and others. Filmed in one day mostly with friends’ children, Waters has said the new version is in some ways more perverse than the original.

Curated by

Senior Curator of Contemporary Art, Kristen Hileman

For this 2014 video, John Waters recast his 1972 cult film Pink Flamingos—considered one of the most notorious films ever made—with children reading a cleverly modified G-rated script.

John Waters. Kiddie Flamingos. 2014. The Baltimore Museum of Art: Dr. Max Stern Trust Fund; gift of the Friends of Modern and Contemporary Art; Alice and Franklin Cooley Fund; and purchased as the gift of an Anonymous Donor, BMA 2015.85. © John Waters, Courtesy Marianne Boesky Gallery