Alvaro Barrington - Fish Down Under, 2024

Publisher: Tate
Year: 2024
Format: Digital pigment print with screen-print overlays on hand-torn Somerset Satin Enhanced 330 gsm paper
Edition: Limited Edition of 50, signed and numbered on back
Condition: New / Unframed
Size: 60 x 80 cm

Fish – Down Under, 2024, references Barrington’s Caribbean roots. Having left Grenada at the age of 8 to live with his mother in Brooklyn, New York, Barrington employs motifs of fish which are native to the Caribbean Sea and western Atlantic Ocean to depict notions of intimacy and migration. The fish appears to be just below the surface of the crystal-clear water, gazing upwards through streaks of blue. Barrington is inspired by the way Henri Matisse used layers of blue and white in his paper cut-out works to suggest the fluidity of water.

For his Tate limited edition works, Barrington created two new paintings with the intention of them becoming prints. The paintings were digitally printed and Barrington hand-painted the screen-print overlays, working closely with the print-makers throughout the process.