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North of South America
Two artists from the north of South
America present their work this month
at Onda Arte Latina/Cross Currents
Gallery, 2215 N.E. Alberta St.
M auricio Arcesio, born in C olom
bia, displays his organic imagery from
travels and studies around the world,
and Rita Urdaneta, originally from
Venezuela, brings her strong design
sensibility to luminous oil paintings.
Both have recently moved to the area
and this is their first Portland gallery
show.
A h ig h ly e x p e rim e n ta l a rtist,
Arcesio has produced a wide range
of paintings, draw ings and prints us
ing diverse media - charcoal, pastels,
oils, acrylics and pencil on surfaces
such as veneers, hand-textured and
etched gatorboards. specialty papers
such as kozo papers and Japanese
tree bark, papyrus and other textured
materials.
Urdaneta studied painting and re
ceived her degree in graphic design in
Venezuela and then continued her stud
ies in Toronto, Canada. Her oil paint
ings on canvas have been displayed in
private shows, and she is developing a
distinctive abstract style.
Frida Kahlo: Her Life and Art
A rt h is to ria n H ayden
Herrera will discuss the life
and art of Frida Kahlo, one of
M exico’s most famous female
artists, during a lecture at the
Portland Art Museum on Sun
day, Aug. 12 at 2 pm.
Along with her husband Di
ego Rivera. Kahlo helped de
fine M exican art during the
20th century. Her work, in
cluding the many self-portraits
she created, com bined influ-
Frida Kahlo
ences from indigenous M exi
can cu ltu re w ith an often
surreal and sym bolic style,
which drew from her complex
life.
Kahlo had a tumultuous mar
riage with Rivera (they were
married twice), suffered from
polio as a child, and survived a
severe car accident. She was
also a well-known supporter
of communism.
Herrera wrote narration for
the docum entary film entitled
"Portrait of an Artist: Frida
Kahlo," which won the prize
for Best Biographical Film at
the M ontreal Film Festival.
She has also published several
books on Kahlo.
Admission is $5 for art mu
seum members and $10 for
non-m em bers. T ick ets can
be purchased at Museum box
o f fic e s o r at p o rtla n d a rt
museurn.org.
cmartin@homeloansourec.com
Faulty Throttle Blamed for Air Crash
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find a political fit
(AP) — A lever to control
engine speed was in the wrong
position and probably a major
cause of Brazil's disastrous air
accident last month.
An Airbus A32O operated by
Brazilian carrier TAM Linhas
Aereas barreled off the wet
runw ay upon lan d in g at
Congonhas airport in Sao Paulo
July 17, crashed into a cargo
terminal and burst into flames.
All 187 people aboard and at
least 12 more on the ground
were killed.
Data from the flight recorder
suggests that the thrust lever for
one of the turbines was in the
"accelerate" position when it
should have been switched to
idle, Folha de Sao Paulo news
paper reported.
The newspaper said a pilot
error was likely but didn't rule
out a failure of the aircraft's
computer.
If confirmed, the report could
Bomb Outside Sears
cast doubt on speculation that a
slippery runway may have been
a major cause of the accident.
Aviation authorities were criti
cized for opening a recently re
paved runway without grooves
that allow rainwater to drain
more quickly and help avoid
skidding.
Drug Raid Agents Killed
( A P ) - T w o federal agents w ho took part in a raid
that discovered $205 m illio n in cash in a M exico C ity
mansion were found beaten and shot to death last
week in southern M exico.
Military
examine the
site o f an
explosion in
Oaxaca City.
Mexico.
The bodies were found in Guerrero state, where
they were gathering intelligence on drug traffickers,
the Public Safety Department said.
Both officers took part in the seizure o f more than
19 tons o f a chemical intended fo r methamphetamine
cartels in M exico. They were also in the team o f
agents who raided Ye Gon's mansion where authori
ties in March found more than $205 m illio n in cash
(A P ) -- A small leftist g u errilla group
claimed responsibility fo r a homemade bomb
that exploded outside a Sears store and
another left outside a U .S.-ow ned bank in
The bomb caused no injuries, but dam
aged an entrance to the Sears store, w hich
isoperated in M exico by Mexican billionaire
Carlos Slim. A sim ilar bomb was deactivated
southern M exico.
The statement by the People's R evolu
outside the entrance o f a nearby Banamex
bank branch, o ffic ia ls said. Banamex is
tionary A rm y , or EPR. said the action was
intended "to hit the interests o f Mexican
owned by C itig ro u p Inc.
The EPR look responsibility for bombing
three gas pipe lines in central M exico ¡nearly
and foreign o lig a rch y."
It was posted on Aug. I , hours after the
blast, on a web site that serves as clearing
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house fo r Latin Am erican leftist and guer
rilla groups. EPR statements w ith sim ilar
July. In 2004, an EPR splinter group placed
small bombs outside banks and an o ffic e o f
T clm ex, Slim 's telephone company.
language and style have been posted there
Oaxaca has suffered more than a year o f
p o litica l unrest w ith numerous protests by
in the past.
anti-governm ent groups.
i
hidden in closets, the news release said.
The seizures led to last month's arrest o f Chinese-
M exican businessman Zhenli Ye Gon by U.S. Drug
Enforcement A d m inistration agents in a suburban
W ashington restaurant.
He is accused in the U nited States and M e xico o f
supplying pseudoephedrine to M exican cartels who
then used the drug to make methamphetamine.
Guerrero, w hich includes the resorts cities o f
Zihuatanejoand Acapulco, has suffered from a wave
o f violence including decapitations, shootings and
grenade explosions that authorities attribute to w ar
ring d ru g -tra ffickin g gangs.
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