Exposición 3 Enero

Exposición 2 Febrero “a love letter to the nyc streetscape of my youth in the form of an art installation at ropac patin’s space” – Barrington

Mar 09 01 2024 – Jue 25 01 2024

Claudio Coello, 4 – 28001 Madrid


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The exhibition culminates in a chapter Barrington entitles THE GARDEN: a play on words that brings together the excesses of the streets surrounding Madison Square Garden and Hieronymus Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights (1490–1510). Dedicated to Barrington’s celebrated Basketball Paintings, this final space taps into the social significance of the sport, both to the artist during his own Brooklyn upbringing, and more widely across marginalised communities. Reflecting the memories and influences that come together in the exhibition, Barrington’s most recent works introduce new media to his established material language, bringing together elements that evoke luxury, like intricately carved wood, patterned leather given to him by the acclaimed luxury brand Alaïa and Tiffany-inspired stained glass lights, with laundry bags, milk bottles, concrete, cardboard and yarn: non-traditional objects and materials that reference his personal and cultural history. Aspiration and possibility, especially among Black and marginalised communities, has always been at the heart of Barrington’s practice. Through recreating his own experiences of gazing into shop windows in New York City before school, the artist encourages visitors to the exhibition to look at his works with the same sense of longing and wonder he once felt. In doing so, the artist relays a narrative about not having and wanting, but also about the power of the objects we desire and consume to give us a sense of security, hope, or, as Barrington says, ‘participation’. Special thanks to Alaïa for providing the leather used in selected works.

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