"Painter Darren Waterston's installation Filthy Lucre--the centerpiece of Uncertain Beauty--is a contemporary re-imagining of James McNeill Whistler's 1876 decorative masterpiece Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room. Waterston became fascinated with The Peacock Room both for its unrivaled union of painting and architecture and for its dramatic story of… more
"Painter Darren Waterston's installation Filthy Lucre--the centerpiece of Uncertain Beauty--is a contemporary re-imagining of James McNeill Whistler's 1876 decorative masterpiece Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room. Waterston became fascinated with The Peacock Room both for its unrivaled union of painting and architecture and for its dramatic story of patronage and artistic ego."--Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art's website.
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