VizArts Monthly: Conversing and converging

Aust 29, 2023
By Jason N. Le
Stagings/Escenarios
Jorge Tacla
August 4 – October 21
Patricia Reser Center for the Arts
12625 SW Crescent St., Beaverton (Wed – Sat 12pm – 6pm)
Alongside a video installation, the Patricia Reser Center for the Arts hosts a twenty-six-foot painting by Chilean artist Jorge Tacla for Stagings/Escenarios, an exhibition focused on protests against the abuse of power. Drawing from his experience living through the overthrow of former Chilean president Salvador Allende by a 1973 coup that led the country to a brutal dictatorship rule, Tacla’s paintings examine the remnants of sites of political upheaval and warfare (which are somewhat reminiscent in concept and appearance of Julie Mehretu’s Grey Area paintings), emphasizing the haunting moments within the aftermath.