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Artist Alvaro Barrington in front of his artwork, Unc you the plug, 2019 Mixed media on burlap. During the exhibition "Artists I steal from" at Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery © Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery

Jean-Michel Basquiat Self Portrait, 1983 Oil on paper and wood 91.5 x 61 cm (36.0 x 24.0 in) (JMB 1018) Collection Thaddaeus Ropac © The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat / ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2019. Collection Thaddaeus Ropac. Photo: Stephen White

Allison Katz Cock Island, 2018 Oil acrylic and rice on canvas 175 x 125 cm (68.9 x 49.21 in) (AK 1000) Courtesy Allison Katz, Danjuma Collection, and The Approach, London © Allison Katz

Derrick Alexis Coard The Cold Cruel Winter (Keep Ya Head Up), 2014 Graphite on paper 55.9 x 45.7 cm (22 x 18 in) (D 1000) Courtesy of the estate of Derrick Alexis Coard and White Columns, NY © Derrick Alexis Coard

Amy Sillman SK73, 2019 Acrylic, ink, and silkscreen on paper 101.6 x 66 cm (40 x 25.98 in) (ASI 1000) Courtesy of the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels. Photo: John Berens © Amy Sillman.

Paul Mpagi Sepuya Mirror Study (0X5A7394), 2018 Archival pigment print 130 x 86 cm (51.18 x 33.86 in) Frame: 142.2 x 99.1 x 25.4 cm (52 1/4 x 35 1/4 x 2 1/8 in) Edition 1/5. 2 APs (P 1000) Courtesy of Paul Mpagi Sepuya and team (gallery, inc.), New York © Paul Mpagi Sepuya

Jacob Lawrence Christmas in Harlem, 1937 Tempera on paper 40.6 x 33 cm (15.98 x 12.99 in) (JLA 1000) Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, NY © The Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York and DACS, London 2019

Artists I steal from, or how artist Alvaro Barrington converses with artists that inspire(d) him

05/06/2019 - 09/08/2019

Born in Caracas, Venezuela in 1983, Alvaro Barrington spent the first eight years of his childhood living with his grandmother …