Museum Exhibitions
Human Nature Alvaro Barrington solo exhibition at Mendes Wood DM in São Paulo, Brazil
30 March—13 May 2023
Mendes Wood DM in São Paulo, Brazil
This exhibition represents Alvaro Barrington's coming to terms with his journey Norte 15 years later in what feels like a return home to give thanks. Yarn paintings that suggest looking at farmland miles above. A house is not a home—C-S.P. (cousins in São Paulo) is a four-paneled painting depicting the international exchange of culture and physical migration that makes a journey a home. It sits on a carpet made of sea ropes suggesting notions pulling. The word Norte spray painted on each side is inspired by “América Invertida” a 1943 pen-and-ink drawing by the Uruguayan artist Joaquín Torres, which suggests the truth of the universe is constantly shifting as earth spins forward.
