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<h4 style="text-align: center;">May 2 - July 26, 2014</h4>
<b>The</b> <b>Iconography of Meaning </b>is the concluding exhibition of the <i>Taken</i> exhibition cycle that began in the Fall of 2013. The cycle, starting with the exhibition <b>Vejigantes of Puerto Rico: Origins, Myths, &amp; Messengers</b> and followed with <b>A Contemporary Madonna Counterpoint: Mexico &amp; Puerto Rico, </b>brings attention to the icons and motifs that represent diverse perspectives, styles, and aims within the Latino community.

<a title="Iconography of Meaning" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/58941148@N03/14653943812/" rel=""><img class="alignleft" style="float: left;" title="Iconography of Meaning" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2901/14653943812_ce73feb795_s.jpg" alt="Iconography of Meaning" width="75" height="75" /></a>In this exhibition <a title="Cecile Chong" href="http://www.cecilechong.com" target="_blank"><b>Cecile Chong</b></a>, <a title="Ramon Lopez" href="http://www.ramonlopezcolon.com" target="_blank"><b>Ramón López Colón</b></a> and <a title="Favianna Rodriguez" href="http://favianna.com" target="_blank"><b>Favianna Rodriguez</b></a> use contemporary cultural imagery to convey ideas and thoughts about cultural identity, politics and the immigrant experience. <b>Chong</b>, as an ethnic Chinese-Ecuadorian living in the US, speaks to the inherent tension between cultural assimilation and personal identity formation. Her sculptures of <i>guaguas</i>, tightly wrapped babies, are icons of her Ecuadorian birthplace that she lusciously stylizes with Chinese imagery and aesthetics. <b>López</b> utilizes historical and political symbols, which, placed in other contexts, depict the many political contradictions and stormy realities of modern-day Puerto Rico. <b>Rodriguez’s</b> works address the human rights of migrants in the United States and speak out for women’s equality

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