The Velaslavasay Panorama welcomes photographer and researcher Joanna Ebenstein, who will be here Thursday, February 9th at 8 pm to present an illustrated lecture entitled Anatomical Venuses, The Slashed Beauty, and Fetuses Dancing a Jig: A Journey into the Curious World of the Medical Museum. Abounding with images and insight, Ms. Ebenstein’s lecture will introduce you to the Medical Museum and its curious denizens, from the Anatomical Venus to the Slashed Beauty, the allegorical fetal skeleton tableau to the taxidermied bearded lady, the flayed horseman of the apocalypse to the three fetuses dancing a jig. Ebenstein will discuss the history of medical modeling, survey the great artists of the genre, and examine the other death-related arts and amusements which made up the cultural landscape at the time that these objects were originally created, collected, and exhibited.
Joanna Ebenstein is a New York-based artist and independent researcher. She runs the popular Morbid Anatomy Blog and the related Morbid Anatomy Library, where her privately held cabinet of curiosities and research library are made available by appointment. Her work has been shown and published internationally, and she has lectured at museums and conferences around the world. For more information, visit http://morbidanatomy.blogspot.com/
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Captured Aural Phantasy Theater Presents
The Valentine's Day
Panorama of Love
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Friday, February 10th, 2012
8 o'clock PM
Tickets $10 {$8 VPES Members, Students, Seniors}
Advance Tickets Available here:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/224266
Tour the many facets of love through '50s and '60s romance comic books and other retro pop culture nuggets, including leering at awkward high school experimentation and going back to class to get schooled in the "facts of life." Revel to performances of vintage tales of romance such as 1951's "I Joined a Teen-Aged Sex Club" and 1955's "Not Husband Material," presented live in a show that includes sultry singing, stunning visual art, short acts, prizes, and live music from our house band!
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