Video: Kostopoulos: Saddam Called Me
Boron, California
There's hardly a trace left, really, of the King of Toilet Seat Arts in Boron, California. But in 1994, the late John A. Kostopoulos was a bundle of outsider art energy, slathering caricatures and slogans on his 400+ toilet seats around his desert home.
The King told us many wild stories on our visit, but we can't entirely dismiss this account of his late night interaction with Iraq's late dictator...
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