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Jorge Soto Sánchez
October 7 – December 2, 2015
Curator: Gladys Peña-Acosta
Main Gallery & Project Room Space
 The late Nuyorican artist and Taller Boricua member -- Jorge Soto Sánchez (1947-1987) is honored in an exhibit featuring selected paintings, ink drawings, and mixed media, including versions of his best known work El velorio de Oller en nueva york. His distinctive iconography which blends African and pre-Columbian motifs, among other traditions, expresses the multiracial and multicultural composition of Puerto Rican identity.
Upcoming Exhibit Bronx: Africa
Jorge Soto Sanchez El velorio de Oller en
Nueva York, 1975
Pen and ink on paper, 26" x 40"
Courtesy: Amy Balcazar
Opening Reception & First Wednesday Bronx Trolley: Wed, October 7, 5-9pm
Reception & First Wednesday Bronx Trolley: Wed, November 4, 5-9pm
Panel: Remembering Jorge Soto Sánchez:
Collaborators & Friends Thurs, Nov. 5, 6-7:30 pm
Panel PDF
Closing Reception & First Wednesday Bronx Trolley: Wed, December 2, 5-9pm
Fall Gallery Hours
Monday:
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Friday:
12:00pm - 5:00pm
12:00pm - 5:00pm
12:00pm - 5:00pm
12:00pm - 5:00pm
Closed Wednesday, Saturday. Sunday and holidays.
Wheelchair accessible
Location:
450 Grand Concourse, Room C-190
(at 149th Street)
Bronx, NY 10451
Directions:
Hostos is easily accessible by the 2, 4, and 5 IRT Trains.
Click here for detailed directions.
Phone: 718-518-6728
E-mail:longwood@bronxarts.org
This exhibition is made possible with funding from National Endowment for the Arts, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, NYS Council on the Arts, the Joan Mitchell Foundation, the Lambent Foundation Fund of Tides Foundation, Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Hostos Center for the Arts "&" Culture, Bronx Tourism Council, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., NYC Council Members Andrew Cohen, Andy King, Melissa Mark-Viverito and James Vacca and the Bronx Delegation of the City Council. 

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