Reception with the artists:    May 2 @ 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
<h3 style="text-align: center;"><strong>May 2nd– July 26th, 2014</strong></h3>
<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.

In this exhibition <a title="Cecile Chong" href="http://www.cecilechong.com" target="_blank"><b>Cecile Chong</b></a>, <a title="Ramon Lopez Colon" 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. Learn more <a title="The Iconography of Meaning" href="http://tallerpr.org/2014/05/10/iconography-meaning/">here</a>.

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