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TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 2022
Chagoya exhibit now showing in Pendleton
Artist’s work
‘provides an entry
point to talk about
difficult subjects’
By ANTONIO ARREDONDO
East Oregonian
PENDLETON — For
years, the Pendleton Center
for the Arts has brought
in notable artists from
around the world; but later
this week, they’re slated
to unveil one of their most
impressive showcases yet.
The solo art of acclaimed
Mexican-born American
artist Enrique Chagoya runs
through Oct. 6.
PCA Executive Director
Roberta Lavadour said
she is over the moon about
having Chagoya’s work at
the center. This is the fi fth
year the PCA has welcomed
an exhibit of this nature.
“(Chagoya’s) work is so
yummy,” Lavadour said,
“his sense of satire and
humor provides an entry
point to talk about diffi cult
subjects.”
Born and raised in
Mexico City, Chagoya’s
works have been featured in
the Museum of Modern Art
in New York, the Metropol-
itan Museum of Art and the
San Francisco Museum of
Modern Art among others.
His art is known for his
inclusion of pop icons, such
as Superman and Mickey
Mouse, to juxtapose sec-
ular, popular and religious
symbols from both United
States and Latin American
culture. Chagoya’s style is
based on painted books —
codexes — that many indig-
enous peoples in Mexico
and Central America used
to record history, and many
of those paintings will be
on display in Pendleton.
Chagoya attended the
opening reception via
Zoom. While he may be
featured in larger cities
around the nation, the artist
said he is grateful to have
his work in any city.
“I feel humbled by the
experience of sharing my
imagination, perspective on
society and humor present
in my artwork at the Pend-
leton Center for the Arts,”
Chagoya said. “It is my
privilege to have a solo
exhibition there.”
Chagoya’s artwork may
be one of the bigger exhibits
the PCA has received, but
it is by no means the fi rst
big showcase. The center
has featured pieces from
artists such as Chuck
Close, Louise Bourgeois
and Kara Walker. All of
those exhibits have been
in partnership with the
Jordan Schnitzer Family
Foundation.
Schnitzer is one of the
most prominent developers
in Portland and has a pas-
sion for art. He began col-
lecting in 1988. His foun-
dation’s collection exceeds
20,000 works. He has
worked with the Pend-
leton Center for the Arts
on numerous occasions,
including the Kelly and
Bourgeois exhibits.
As part of the collabora-
tion, Lavadour and her staff
are sure to carefully inspect
each item, noting its con-
dition before and after its
time in Pendleton. Lava-
dour said she had to receive
curatorial training at the
Museum of Contemporary
Craft in Portland to gain
access to the artwork.
“We go over every inch,
document everything,”
she said. “Even the dust
collecting on the top of
things.”
Schnitzer’s connection
After attending his
fi rst Round-Up in 1987,
Schnitzer grew close to the
area thanks to its hospitality
and friendships made there.
“I feel like it’s my
second home,” Schnitzer
IF YOU GO
The Pendleton Center for the
Arts is on the banks of the Uma-
tilla River at 214 N. Main St. and
is open Tuesday through Friday
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday
12-4 p.m.
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Journey Hahn, left, and Roberta Lavadour hang Enrique Chagoya’s work “Aliens San Frontiers” on
Mexican-born American artist Enrique Chagoya poses for a Portrait Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022, at the Pendleton Center for the Arts in Pendleton. Lavadour, the arts center’s
at McEvoy Foundation for the Arts in San Francisco. The Pendleton executive director, said this may be one of the center’s biggest exhibitions to date. Hahn is the arts
Center for the Arts is hosting Chagoya and an exhibition of his works center’s program assistant.
starting Friday, Aug. 5, 2022.
Pat Mazzera/McEvoy Foundation for the Arts
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