Dexter: Pathos & Ethos of the Super Hero – Part 1
Not long ago, while winding down a day with an episode of Dexter, my betrothed turned to me and asked if I thought that Dexter’s actions are acceptable. Vis-à-vis, is the killing of one murderer by another murderer a morally just outcome? At first my thinking in the discussion that followed revolved around the real […]
Baumgartner’s “1 Sekunde” at Vanderbilt Fine Arts
On a recent trip to Nashville, TN I had the opportunity to catch the Wide Angle: Photography and Its Influence on Contemporary Art exhibition at the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery (January 13–February 27, 2011). While I was particularly, and pleasantly, surprised to see one of Gerhard Richter’s photo-lithographs included in this exhibition (which contained […]