"There, tucked between a liquor store and a Thai restaurant, currently sits a big collection of 81 portraits by the artist Laurie Munn -all of them pictures of people who were in some way associated with the Watergate scandal. The cumulative effect of these neat rows of head shots is imposing: face after face of people captured as they looked back in the 1970s when they were embroiled in an era-defining series of events that kicked off with the notorious break-in at the Watergate."
"So how did the portraits end up inside this storefront? The exhibit, staffed by volunteers, is part of an effort to create a Watergate Museum inside the complex, which is being spearheaded by resident Keith Krom. The museum, announced back in May, could one day feature artifacts and interactive exhibits to tell the story of the Watergate, both as a work of architecture and the site of the break-in."
An unusual pop-up exhibit occupies an empty storefront in the outdoor retail courtyard beneath the Watergate apartment complex, between a liquor store and a Thai restaurant. The exhibit displays 81 portraits by Laurie Munn depicting people associated with the Watergate scandal. Rows of head shots create an imposing cumulative effect, capturing faces as they appeared in the 1970s during the era-defining events that began with the Watergate break-in. The paintings include well-known figures such as Richard Nixon, Woodward and Bernstein, Mark "Deep Throat" Felt, and unexpected inclusions like Jane Fonda. Munn works in themed portrait series and completed the initial group after Felt's 2008 death. The pop-up supports a resident-led effort to establish a Watergate Museum in the complex, staffed by volunteers and featuring renderings and plans for future artifacts and interactive exhibits.
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