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Disgusting Work: Rethinking The Peacock Room

Exhibition August 27 − November 29, 2020
The Victoria and Albert Museum is preparing an exhibition“Disgusting work: rethinking the Peacock Room”.

Visitors will be able to see the breathtaking work of Darren Waterston, presenting a vivid, detailed and "decadent" interpretation of the famous "Peacock Room" by James Abbott McNeill Whistler, the luxurious interior decoration of William Armstrong's mansion.

The history of the “Peacock Room” began in 1844 and ended in the 1890s with the famous painting “Fighting Peacocks”. Waterston’s work not only resurrects the “golden work” of at least the “golden” age of English painting, but also witty presents the details of the relationship between the heroes of history.

The story of the scandalous masterpiece of James Whistler.

Based on site materialsVictoria and Albert Museum, London.