CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 6/2/2016

Joanna Ebenstein to Launch 'Anatomical Venus' at the Strand

JUNE 2, from 7-8PM, Strand Books presents the Morbid Anatomy Museum's Joanna Ebenstein in conversation with Evan Michelson—Morbid Anatomy Scholar in residence, co-owner of eerie East Village Obscura Antiques & Oddities and co-host of the Science Channel’s Oddities—in celebration of Ebenstein's fascinating new book, Anatomical Venus: Wax, God, Death & the Ecstatic, published by D.A.P.. Introduction by Morbid Anatomy Museum co-founder and board chair Tracy Hurley Martin.

Join us as Ebenstein pulls back the veil on these life-size dissectible wax women reclining on moth-eaten velvet cushions complete with glass eyes, strings of pearls, and golden tiaras crowning their real human hair!

JOANNA EBENSTEIN is a multidisciplinary artist, curator, writer, lecturer and graphic designer. She originated the Morbid Anatomy blog and website, and is cofounder and creative director of the Morbid Anatomy Museum in Brooklyn, New York. She is coauthor of Walter Potter’s Curious World of Taxidermy, with Dr. Pat Morris; coeditor of The Morbid Anatomy Anthology; and acted as curatorial consultant to Wellcome Collection’s Exquisite Bodies exhibition in 2009. She has also worked with such institutions as the New York Academy of Medicine, the Dittrick Museum and the Vrolik Museum.

The Strand Book Store
June 2, 7 – 8PM
828 Broadway (at 12th St)
New York, NY 10003
Phone: 212-473-1452
Email: orders@strandbooks.com