Contributed by Jonathan Stevenson / The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum’s decennial exhibition “I am what is around me,” devoted to Connecticut-based artists and cued by Hartford poet Wallace Stevens’ eponymous verse, is impressively catholic. Curators Amy Smith-Stewart and Caitlin Monachino have ranged throughout the state in making their selections, resisting any urge to stick too comfortably to New Haven and points west. They have also chosen works of considerable nuance and sophistication, eschewing overt political crowd-pleasers or regional pandering, from the studios of artists old, young, and middle-aged, established and emerging their ages spanning almost 60 years.
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Memento Vivere: Danica Lundy at Magenta Plains
Contributed by Margaret McCann / Like a strobe light gifted with consciousness, Danica Lundy lets whatever she sees point a way through a painting. The six works in �Three Hole Punch� at Magenta Plains are informed by memories of soccer practice, parties, school, and more � themes that function mainly as armatures for corporeal drama and mesmerizing painting detail.
























