Alabama Contemporary Art Center: VENGO DE UNA ISLA DE CONFUSIÓN

(I COME FROM AN ISLAND OF CONFUSION)

NEW WORK BY ELSA MARÍA MELÉNDEZ

Mounting her first solo exhibition in the United States, Elsa María Meléndez (Born 1974, Caguas, Puerto Rico) is a printmaker and creator of installations where she incorporates embroidery, stitch, and large amounts of synthetic materials. The iconography in her work shows features of the Puerto Rican idiosyncrasy and summarizes debates that respond to uncertainty faced with cultural destruction,