Dana Schutz's artwork explodes with color and animated line, and burns with figures contorted in varying degrees of distress. The Brooklyn artist often depicts pleasant landscapes as settings for disturbed characters, who cry, chew at their hands or simply seethe with an anxiety that — somehow — provokes compassion, not disgust. In a very appealing and brave way, Schutz illustrates our hysterical selves, a group of which now hangs at her solo show at the Denver Art Museum (100 W. 14th Ave. Pkwy., denverartmuseum.org), Dana Schutz: If the Face Had Wheels. The exhibit opened earlier this month, and remains up through Jan. 13. Tickets run $3 to $