Johnny Depps NYC art exhibit is one huge, derivative, delusional ego bath

“Welcome to Johnny’s world,” said a greeter with a giggle of disbelief.His incredulity was understandable.He was manning an art gallery in Chelsea where the work of Johnny Depp is currently on display.No, not special screenings of “Finding Neverland” and “Donnie Brasco” — actual paintings by Edward Scissorhands himself. I laughed too.How could you not? The 61-year-old actor’s ego bath, er, exhibition, which opened Friday on West 27th Street, has a comically broad title: “A Bunch of Stuff.”Points for accuracy.

Beyond the painted canvases, the large space is indeed cluttered with a ton of upchucked knicknacks: empty Cafe Du Monde coffee cans, typewriters, toy monkeys, a lamp in a wooden shoe and pretentious notes written on letterhead from the world’s most luxurious hotels. I chuckled at an ashtray that read “Dinner without wine is like a day without sunshine,” as Depp reportedly spends $30,000 a month on vino alone. You get the distinct — and awkward — sense that the “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” star feels he’s channelling brilliant minds like Dylan Thomas and JD Salinger, whose books are scattered around the room. His copy of Walter Isaacson’s biography of Leonardo da Vinci was particularly delusional. But most of what’s hanging on the walls is plainly derivative — from Basquiat to a Mexico City street fair — and provokes no response stronger than a “yep.”“Some may call it art, some may not,” reads a message from Depp on the wall.“I call it mine.”And, you know what, that’s plenty for the Hollywood star’s rabid fans, who made up most of the crowd Friday afternoon.A pair of Depp-devoted tourists excitedly sprinted to the Captain Jack Sparrow voodoo doll prop from the 2011 movie “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,” which scored a 33% on Rotten Tomatoes.I’m pretty sure another man and woman loudly yelling “F–K!” at 3 p.m.

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