Bad Director's Chair

Before bringing his "This Filthy World" to Berlin's Volksbühne this weekend, Mr. Bad Taste aka John Waters is going to open his new art show at Sprueth Magers Gallery: The director of Pink Flamingos (1972) and Pecker (1998) "began making his photo-based work in 1992 by watching movies, using his insider knowledge to stay alert to those telltale moments and details that everyone else overlooks, not least the movie’s director. He snaps a single frame from a film, often from a TV, and recombines these images into a storyboard-like sequence, thus re-directing some of his favorite films through playful acts of appropriation. Cut off from their source, the stills take on a range of new meanings, and the strip sets off a loose, irresolvable set of associations or narratives." Additionally, "Waters brings a darker mood to his sculptures. In Playdate (2006) Michael Jackson, all dressed up in cuddly pink pajamas, lifts his hand up to a diminutive but fully bearded Charles Manson." Also featuring three of his earliest films, Hag in a Black Leather Jacket (1964), Roman Candles (1966) and Eat Your Makeup (1968), you shouldn't miss the opening event tomorrow night, February 6, between 6-9pm at Oranienburger Str. 18! (rnk)