@inbook{a3ed76a67539423a832ff134d0c6ffa0,
title = "Dumas and Heidegger on Death to Come",
abstract = "The aim of this paper is to provide a reflection on the relationship of images and words through the painting of Marlene Dumas, specifically her well-known painting, “Measuring Your Own Grave.” I discuss how Dumas{\textquoteright} painting calls forth the Heideggerian existential notion of being-towards-death that is connected to the possibility of becoming responsible for our own choices. In addition, following Guignon, I discuss the “existential meaning” of Dumas{\textquoteright} work and thus the sense in which it discloses our mortality as well as our connection to others.",
author = "Mariana Ortega",
note = "Funding Information: Thanks to Megan Altman, Hans Pedersen, and Adriana Novoa for helpful comments and suggestions on earlier drafts of this paper. It is a pleasure to have been invited to be part of this anthology honoring Charles Guignon, a scholar whose work and generosity I admire. I remain thankful to him for his efforts to make philosophy more accessible and not the domain of intellectual elites. Thanks to Marlene Dumas for her work and for kindly granting copyrights to images. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.",
year = "2015",
doi = "10.1007/978-94-017-9442-8_16",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Contributions To Phenomenology",
publisher = "Springer Nature",
pages = "263--274",
booktitle = "Contributions To Phenomenology",
address = "United States",
}