MONTCLAIR ART MUSEUM "Evolving Identities: Figurative Works from the 18th Century to Now" and "The Unseen Cindy Sherman: Early Transformations."

WEST NYACK - "Evolving Identities - Brazilians Artists in New York," works by Ana Linnemann, Thessia Machado, Vik Muniz and Janaina Tschäpe.

AS I viewed "Evolving Identities: Brazilian Artists in New York" here at the Rockland Center for the Arts, I was visited by the memory of a trip that I took to the remote, impoverished northeast region of Brazil in the early 1990's.

Since then, I have returned to Brazil many times, keeping up with the art scene and following the careers of the most promising Brazilian artists, some of whom are included in "Evolving Identities," curated by the independent curator Carole Perry.

"Evolving Identities: Brazilian Artists in New York," Rockland Center for the Arts, 27 South Greenbush Road, West Nyack, N.Y., through April 27.

For example, for the show "Evolving Identities: Figurative Works from the 19th Century to Now," on view through Aug. 1, the worksheet "Eye Spy" features cropped images of the eyes from people in paintings.