Jan Arrigo: The Corpse is the Wax Museum:
Photographs from the Musee Conti
December 8, 2016 – January 29, 2017
Opening: Thursday, Dec 8, 6-10pm
Exhibit will also be open concurrent with the productions of “The Nightmare Before Christmas Burlesque Show” and “Santaland Diaries.”
“See Napoleon in his bath!” was The Musee Conti Wax Museum’s tagline for years as a titillating hint at what to expect inside. Revived here in black and white photographs, Napoleon and a costumed Enrico Caruso share wall space with portraits of other realistic beeswax effigies that doubled for dead celebrities, costumed fictional characters and lurid local history protagonists. The show goes on!
About the artist:
Jan Arrigo is a fine art photographer and author who returned to her hometown of New Orleans after many years in New York City where she studied at the International Center of Photography. She has exhibited work at New York’s Soho Photo Gallery, and in New Orleans at the CAC, the New Orleans Photo Alliance gallery and The Creative Alliance of New Orleans gallery in the Myrtle Banks Building.
About the venue:
The Valiant is a brand new live performance theatre and cocktail lounge. The theatre features shows of every kind: comedy, drama, musical, puppetry, burlesque, and also shows independent films. We showcase established artists and foster up and coming talent. The Valiant is located in the Old Arabi Cultural Arts District, and is part of the larger Studio Arabi arts campus developed by the Meraux Foundation with artists Mitchell and Erica Gaudet.
Image: Jan Arrigo – Caruso Pagliacci, 2016
