Artists: Teresa Farrell, Alvaro Barrington (Tt X AB)
Exhibition title: TALL BOYS & A DOUBLE ESPRESSO
Venue: Emalin, London, UK
Date: September 7 – October 26, 2019
Photography: Plastiques / all images copyright and courtesy of the artists and Emalin
Emalin is pleased to announce TALL BOYS & A DOUBLE ESPRESSO, the first exhibition of Tt X AB, a collaboration between Alvaro Barrington and Teresa Farrell. The exhibition presents a new installation by Tt X AB, alongside works from Farrell’s and Barrington’s practices.
Thursday, 1 August 2019: Shamel Pitts ‚Black Box‘
Tuesday, 6 August 2019: 10K – 10ille & GLDN EYE
Friday, 9 August 2019: Blind Benny
Tuesday, 20 August 2019: Georgia Lucas-Going
Thursday, 22 August 2019: COLOURS feat. KC, Lil C, Joey LaBeija & Cooly G
Friday, 23 August 2019: ONE FAMALAY at Troxy
Friday, 6 September 2019: Wild Yaks & Ice Balloons
Alvaro Barrington (b. 1983, Caracas, VE. Lives and works between London, UK and Brooklyn, NY, USA) completed his MFA at The Slade School of Art, London in 2017. Currently, his solo exhibition GARVEY: SEX LOVE NURTURING FAMALAY is on view at Sadie Coles HQ, London. Recent exhibitions include Artist I Steal From, curated by Barrington and Julie Peyton-Jones, Thaddaeus Ropac (London, UK, 2019); Alvaro Barrington, with David Weiss, Emalin (London, UK, 2018); A Tas-te of Chocolate, Thaddaeus Ropac (London, UK, 2018); Natura Naturans, Mendes Wood (New York, NY, USA, 2018); and Alvaro Barrington, curated by Klaus Bie-senbach, MoMA PS1 (Long Island City, NY, USA, 2017).
Teresa Farrell (b.1987 in Brooklyn, NY, USA) completed her BFA at Hunter College NY in 2013. Recent exhibitions include Dude, You‘re wearing me out, Cult Party (Brooklyn, NY, USA. 2018); Condo London, with David Weiss (Emalin, London, UK hosting Weiss Falk, Basel, CH. 2018); Alvaro Barrington, MoMA PS1 (NY, USA. 2017); and Beach Bawdy, The Castle (Rockaway Beach, NY, USA. 2017).
Installation View, Tt X AB, TALL BOYS & A DOUBLE SHOT ESPRESSO, Emalin, London, September 2019
Alvaro Barrington, Autumn Daytime Fashion, 2019, oil and yarn on burlap, 167 × 243.5 cm (65 ¾ × 95 ⅞ inches)
Installation View, Tt X AB, TALL BOYS & A DOUBLE SHOT ESPRESSO, Emalin, London, September 2019
Alvaro Barrington, Tree in London Fields 1, oil and gesso on burlap, 243.4 × 101.5 cm (95 ⅞ × 40 inches)
Installation View, Tt X AB, TALL BOYS & A DOUBLE SHOT ESPRESSO, Emalin, London, September 2019
Teresa Farrell, Fortune Cookie / Rose Garden, 2019 oil and mixed media on canvas, 152 × 121.5 cm (59 ⅞ × 47 ⅞ inches)
Teresa Farrell, Peaceful EZ Feeling, 2019, oil and mixed media on insulation material and wood, 64.7 × 64.7 × 5.7 cm (25 ½ × 25 ½ × 2 ¼ inches)
Installation View, Tt X AB, TALL BOYS & A DOUBLE SHOT ESPRESSO, Emalin, London, September 2019
Teresa Farrell, Birch Segment, 2011, oil on canvas, 91 × 15 × 3.5 cm (35 ⅞ × 5 ⅞ × 1 ⅜ inches)
Teresa Farrell, Toñita, 2019, oil and mixed media on board, 50 × 40 cm (19 ⅝ × 15 ¾ inches)
Installation View, Tt X AB, TALL BOYS & A DOUBLE SHOT ESPRESSO, Emalin, London, September 2019
Teresa Farrell, Summoning of Amdusias, 2019, oil and mixed media on canvas, 243.5 × 91 cm (95 ⅞ × 35 ⅞ inches)
Tt X AB, Tall Boys & A Double Shot Espresso, 2019, oil and mixed media on canvas, 40.5 × 51 cm (16 × 20 ⅛ inches)
Teresa Farrell, New Old City, 2019, oil and mixed media on panel, 139 × 121.5 × 7.5 cm (54 ¾ × 47 ⅞ × 3 inches)
Teresa Farrell, The Licker, 2019, oil and mixed media on paper, 20 × 18 cm (7 ⅞ × 7 ⅛ inches)
Tt X AB, Cristine Brache, Kris Lemsalu Malone Kyp Malone Lemsalu, The Bed is a Ship, 2019, mixed media installation, dimensions variable
Tt X AB, Cristine Brache, Kris Lemsalu Malone Kyp Malone Lemsalu, The Bed is a Ship, 2019, mixed media installation, dimensions variable (detail)
Tt X AB, Cristine Brache, Kris Lemsalu Malone Kyp Malone Lemsalu, The Bed is a Ship, 2019, mixed media installation, dimensions variable (detail)
Tt X AB, Cristine Brache, Kris Lemsalu Malone Kyp Malone Lemsalu, The Bed is a Ship, 2019, mixed media installation, dimensions variable (detail)
