Midnight at the Oasis: breaking into the Manhattan Beach Creative Arts Center at 3 a.m.
In which the intrepid Count Eugène de Panthémont urges his friend to break into the Manhattan Beach Creative Arts Center at 3 a.m. so that they can contemplate the photographs of Laura Orr Jan Milhomme’s portrait of the Muse, Laura Orr, as illuminated at 3 a.m. Photo by Beth Shibata “Don’t worry about the broken glass,” said Count Eugène de Panthémont, calmly brushing aside cobwebs and dust. “One of my bodyguards will replace it after we leave.” As he handed me the lantern – our only source of light – I noticed the time: 3 a.m. Outside it was dark and quiet; the city’s generators had been switched off for the night. The Count’s personal helicopter would stealthily return in one hour. He and I had just shimmied down into the Manhattan Beach Creative Arts Center through its fragile skylight, but we hadn’t come to pilfer or vandalize, only to quietly admire and discuss, at our leisure, the collection of photographs on view in the gallery. I held up the lantern, its eerie light faintly illuminating and enhancing the nearest pictures. It felt like we’d entered a mausoleum, but at the same time each image seemed to stir and come to life. A personal sanctuary The exhibition on display is…
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