Of all of the craven, deceptive teases in Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice, none is perhaps more flagrant than the film’s title. The two barrel-chested superheroes may face off in the movie’s grimacing poster, but they’re pitted against each other for all of five minutes of Zach Snyder’s two-and-a-half hours of pandering claptrap. There are more fireworks in an early … [Read more...]
Quiet abstract sculpture at Norton speaks volumes about forms
Entering Beyond the Figure at the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, one enters a darkened gallery in which strange forms emerge from the shadows. Although artifacts from our own culture, these forms also point toward a parallel universe — a realm where we understand and know objects with all our senses and our imaginations. The roughly 20 sculptural works on view do not … [Read more...]