Figure of Speech: talks on painting
Alvaro Barrington
Figure of Speech: talks on painting is a lecture series initiated by the studio Art and Image | Figuration, where artists are invited to talk about their practice.
Alvaro Barrington: 19-01-2024 18hr
Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien Room Ground Floor (EG)17 Schillerplatz 3 1100 Wien
Growing up in NYC i would go to stores before school buy albums like Jay z or Biggie go buy a brand new outfit. I would walk from 5th ave across central park listening to Tupac or JayZ or Biggie with a brand new pair of jordans on a prada outfit a coogi outfit a Sean John outfit. Everyday was exciting to come to school with a new outfit no matter if i sleep on the street that night i came to school fresh. We would go to the garden to watch the Knicks the bulls to see Jordan tell us we could fly. I would spend most of my days listening to rappers hanging out with friends on the block, meeting girls in soho etc. One day i picked up breakfast at tiffanys at strand bookstore in union square and i realized the nyc i was experiencing in the 90/2000s was what truman copete wrote about in Breakfast at Tiffanys. The soho lower east side streets my friends and I hung around in was the soho Andy Warhol and Basquiat and Madonna created and here i was in the legacy of new generation one formed by the soundtrack of hip hop. —Alvaro Barrington, October 2023
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Alvaro Barrington,Sea to C, RR, 2023, (BARRA-2023014) © Alvaro Barrington, Courtesy of the artist and Emalin, London, Photo Credit: Stephen James
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