Baltimore’s newest work of public art is simply Divine–as in, a three-story-tall portrait of Divine, the drag actor and Baltimore native who became famous in John Waters movies such as “Hairspray,” “Pink Flamingos” and “Female Trouble.”
The mural, titled “I’m So Beautiful,” was painted over the last eight days on the side of a row house at 106 E. Preston St., part of the Mount Vernon Historic District.
It’s six blocks from the corner where Waters filmed his notorious scene of Divine eating dog feces in “Pink Flamingos.” It shows Divine as he appeared on the cover of his 1984 disco single, “I’m So Beautiful,” with arched eyebrows, bare shoulders and puckered lips. It was the sixth single released from his album, “The Story So Far.”
Waters praised the mural yesterday. “Wow! It is great,” he wrote in an email to Baltimore Fishbowl. “Divine looking out, blessing the city!”
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