Some people wake up from the fever dream of youthful turbulence and substance-tinged madness into steadiness; others don’t make it. Rochester-based artist Danny Allen was central to the city’s young art scene in the late 1960’s and early 70’s before he ended his life in 1974 at age 28. A four-venue retrospective exhibition of Allen’s […]
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ART/LIT: “An Early Work Late in Life: The Art and Life of Danny Allen”
It can be difficult, even impossible, for us to see clearly the vital people in our lives while we are living through turbulent, critical moments. We only gain a true sense of things with enough time, distance, and contemplation. Suicide denies us the opportunity of knowing a loved one after we have resolved our issues, […]






