Lance Duerfahrd

Lance Duerfahrd is an assistant professor of Film and Photographic studies at Purdue University. He is the author of articles on the Bad Film, Frederick Wiseman, the actor Klaus Kinski, and the wordless Extras who mill about in the background of Marx Brothers movies. Currently he is working on a study of Samuel Beckett. His work encourages fear of the unknown. Duerfahrd is a respected authority on abandoned paintings, particularly of animals and ocean landscapes. His collection of anonymous canvases will become part the traveling exhibition, Art from Salvation.