Pace Taylor's exhibition, Last Call at the Rainbow Cafe, showcases nine new soft pastel drawings and a suite of monoprints created with Master Printer Judith Baumann. The works interrogate themes of belonging, desire, and place, set against a backdrop of both the quotidian and the surreal. Inspired by drives between Portland and Pendleton, the exhibition unfolds like a queer road film with cinematic references. Taylor's vibrant palette and distorted perspectives evoke magical realism, challenging expectations and examining the performance of life under capitalism, where relationality and hope converge.
Pace Taylor's exhibition features nine new soft pastel drawings and a suite of monoprints exploring themes of belonging, desire, and place through a surreal lens.
The artworks, created in collaboration with Master Printer Judith Baumann, unfold like a queer road film influenced by cinematic references such as Thelma and Louise.
Taylor's use of vivid pastels and distorted perspectives evokes magical realism, challenging stagnant expectations and engaging with the performance of everyday life under capitalism.
Through their work, Taylor invites viewers into a terrain of relationality, struggle, and hope, depicting encounters that collide under a decaying global empire.
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