USF art exhibit is a wakeup call about the health of our world

Other changes are violently dramatic, like the ferocious 2018 bombing of the Syrian city of Homs. Chilean artist Jorge Tacla uses oil paint and cold wax on his 26-foot-long canvas to eerily evoke an entire cityscape reduced to hollowed-out buildings. The expanse of abandoned high-rises resembles the caves of the Puebla Indians who carved out dwelling in the sides of cliffs centuries ago.