Death Penalty Issue Examined

Malaquias Montoya's works at the Dougherty Arts Center (Austin, TX) regarding "Premeditated: Meditations on Capital Punishment"

When I arrived, there was a huge contemplative painting...I stood in awe...looked to my left, to my right, and back to my left.... there were paintings and sketches everywhere in this gallery. I signed in the guestbook then I looked for a person to authorize me to take digital photographs in order to include them with my paper I was writing for my criminal justice class; they approved.

It was difficult to decide which photos to take; and, I believe I ended up taking photos of nearly every picture/statement there. It certainly made a huge impact on me and made a difference when putting together my crimianal justice paper on whether or not the death penalty is really a deterrence on crime. (See www.bluebonnetfields.blogspot.com for a copy of this paper I wrote.)

This was a very thought provoking exhibit and, if the exhibit comes to a gallery near you soon, you certainly need to take some time out of your day to examine the visual protest by this artist and professor, Malaquias Montoya.