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Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum opens “Paying a Visit to Mary”

Guido van der Werve - "Nummer twee –Just because I’m standing here, doesn’t mean I want to", 2003. Courtesy: of the artist; Marc Foxx, Los Angeles; Galerie Juliette Jongma, Amsterdam; Monitor, Rome

RIDGEFIELD, CT.- The Aldrich Contemporary Art
Museum will present Paying a Visit to Mary, an exhibition organized by Canadian
curator Maxine Kopsa, a resident of the Netherlands,
who is the
second recipient of the Hall Curatorial Fellowship.
Paying a Visit to
Mary refers to a line from Tell Me, a 1979 play about language by French artist
Guy de Cointet that questions how reality is perceived and interpreted.
The exhibition will open on January 31 and remain on view through June
6, 2010.