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  4. Peacock Room REMIX: Darren Waterston’s “Filthy Lucre”
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Filthy Lucre

  • View of Filthy Lucre showing a parody of the Princess from the Land of Porcelain: a woman clad in a pink kimono, with her face blacked out. Gilded shelves on the walls are melting and falling part, and ceramic vessels lay shattered on the floor.
  • Shutters in Filthy Lucre - green with gold-painted peacocks fighting. The shutters are cracked, letting through a fiery, red light beyond.
  • View of Filthy Lucre showing a parody of the Fighting Peacocks mural in gold. Feathers fly off the peacocks as they tear at each other. A large pool of gilding has spread on the floor beneath the desk under the mural.
  • Corner view of Filthy Lucre, showing crumbling gilded shelves from which ceramics have tumbled off and shattered.
  • Painted detail of gilded flourishes on turquoise.
  • Close up of a ruffled peacock, painted in gold on a dark turquoise background.
  • Ceramics displayed precariously on broken, gilded shelving.
  • Filthy Lucre shelving, dripping, melting with gilding.
  • Filthy Lucre shelving, dripping, melting with gilding.
  • View of Filthy Lucre showing a wall with three windows, with tall shutters. The shutters are painted with gold peacock details, and are cracked to let through an eerie, hellish red light.
  • View of Filthy Lucre showing a parody of the Princess from the Land of Porcelain: a woman clad in a pink kimono, with her face blacked out. Gilded shelves on the walls are melting and falling part, and ceramic vessels lay shattered on the floor.
  • Crumbling gilded shelves from which ceramics have tumbled off and shattered.
  • View of Filthy Lucre showing a parody of the Fighting Peacocks mural in gold. Feathers fly off the peacocks as they tear at each other. A large pool of gilding has spread on the floor beneath the desk under the mural.
  • Detail of the faux fireplace beneath the parody of Princess in the Land of Porcelain, with brass hearth sculptures in the form of daisies.
  • Melting, dilapidated shelving full of precarious ceramics, dripping gilding into a puddle on the floor.
  • Replica of the Peacock Room ceiling, with gilded molding and pendant lights.
View of Filthy Lucre showing a parody of the Princess from the Land of Porcelain: a woman clad in a pink kimono, with her face blacked out. Gilded shelves on the walls are melting and falling part, and ceramic vessels lay shattered on the floor.

Installation by Darren Waterston; Photo: John Tsantes

Image 1 of 16

Shutters in Filthy Lucre - green with gold-painted peacocks fighting. The shutters are cracked, letting through a fiery, red light beyond.

Installation by Darren Waterston; Photo: John Tsantes

Image 2 of 16

View of Filthy Lucre showing a parody of the Fighting Peacocks mural in gold. Feathers fly off the peacocks as they tear at each other. A large pool of gilding has spread on the floor beneath the desk under the mural.

Installation by Darren Waterston; Photo: John Tsantes

Image 3 of 16

Corner view of Filthy Lucre, showing crumbling gilded shelves from which ceramics have tumbled off and shattered.

Installation by Darren Waterston; Photo: John Tsantes

Image 4 of 16

Painted detail of gilded flourishes on turquoise.

Installation by Darren Waterston; Photo: Amber Gray, courtesy MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA

Image 5 of 16

Close up of a ruffled peacock, painted in gold on a dark turquoise background.

Installation by Darren Waterston; Photo: Amber Gray, courtesy MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA

Image 6 of 16

Ceramics displayed precariously on broken, gilded shelving.

Installation by Darren Waterston; Photo: Amber Gray, courtesy MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA

Image 7 of 16

Filthy Lucre shelving, dripping, melting with gilding.

Installation by Darren Waterston; Photo: John Tsantes

Image 8 of 16

Filthy Lucre shelving, dripping, melting with gilding.

Installation by Darren Waterston; Photo: John Tsantes

Image 9 of 16

View of Filthy Lucre showing a wall with three windows, with tall shutters. The shutters are painted with gold peacock details, and are cracked to let through an eerie, hellish red light.

Installation by Darren Waterston; Photo: John Tsantes

Image 10 of 16

View of Filthy Lucre showing a parody of the Princess from the Land of Porcelain: a woman clad in a pink kimono, with her face blacked out. Gilded shelves on the walls are melting and falling part, and ceramic vessels lay shattered on the floor.

Installation by Darren Waterston; Photo: John Tsantes

Image 11 of 16

Crumbling gilded shelves from which ceramics have tumbled off and shattered.

Installation by Darren Waterston; Photo: John Tsantes

Image 12 of 16

View of Filthy Lucre showing a parody of the Fighting Peacocks mural in gold. Feathers fly off the peacocks as they tear at each other. A large pool of gilding has spread on the floor beneath the desk under the mural.

Installation by Darren Waterston; Photo: John Tsantes

Image 13 of 16

Detail of the faux fireplace beneath the parody of Princess in the Land of Porcelain, with brass hearth sculptures in the form of daisies.

Installation by Darren Waterston; Photo: Amber Gray, courtesy MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA

Image 14 of 16

Melting, dilapidated shelving full of precarious ceramics, dripping gilding into a puddle on the floor.

Installation by Darren Waterston; Photo: Amber Gray, courtesy MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA

Image 15 of 16

Replica of the Peacock Room ceiling, with gilded molding and pendant lights.

Installation by Darren Waterston; Photo: Amber Gray, courtesy MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA

Image 16 of 16

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