Alvaro Barrington Honors His Heroes in Blum & Poe Exhibition

Alvaro Barrington is a Venezuelan-born artist whose mixed media works comment on identity, cultural exchange and nostalgia. Raised in both Greneda and New York City, the artist is now based between London and Brooklyn and is currently showcasing his first LA exhibition at Blum & Poe.91-98 jfk-lax border is the artist's way of saying thank you to the real and fictional icons who've come before him. "When the bro Chadwick Boseman died," said Barrington in a statement, "so many of us felt a huge pa...