• The Watering Hole [Installation view, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, 2008]

    The Watering Hole [Installation view, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, 2008]

  • The Watering Hole I, 1996

    The Watering Hole I, 1996

  • The Watering Hole II, 1996

    The Watering Hole II, 1996

  • The Watering Hole VII, 1996

    The Watering Hole VII, 1996

  • The Watering Hole III, 1996

    The Watering Hole III, 1996

  • The Watering Hole VIII, 1996

    The Watering Hole VIII, 1996

  • The Watering Hole VI, 1996

    The Watering Hole VI, 1996

  • The Watering Hole IX, 1996

    The Watering Hole IX, 1996

  • The Watering Hole V, 1996

    The Watering Hole V, 1996

  • The Watering Hole IV, 1996

    The Watering Hole IV, 1996

  • Untitled (The Devils Punchbowl), 1996

    Untitled (The Devils Punchbowl), 1996

  • Untitled (Oak Bluffs), 1996

    Untitled (Oak Bluffs), 1996

  • Untitled (Prelude to the Watering Hole), 1996

    Untitled (Prelude to the Watering Hole), 1996

 

Drawing on the metaphor of the watering hole as a place of rejuvenation as well as a site of violence, this series of Duraflex prints accompanied by a pair of mixed-media works seeks to investigate the “Dahmer-esque.” The Watering Hole” was first exhibited in 1996 at Jack Tilton Gallery in New York, in 2008 as part of a mid-career survey exhibition of Harris’ work at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, and at Art Basel Miami by CRG Gallery in 2012. In 2013, the series was collected by the Museum of Modern Art in New York.