Gossip
Gossip

Painting

Gossip

A question of how we talk of others and the assumption we make, the marginalised practicing discriminatory actions. A conversation that deafens it’s participants.

In Living Colour
In Living Colour

Painting

In Living Colour

A question of multiculturalism, shared culture within the “melting pot” or “societal mosaic.” How society shapes and changes its people.

Olympia
Olympia

Painting

Olympia

A question of how the female form is represented historically, represented in art, how it is consumed, how melanin and value are linked.

One
One

Painting

One

A question on what separates us, and what keeps people together.

Tired
Tired

Painting

Tired

Not your brother from another mother Not your guy with the drug hook up Not your bum ass baby father Not a threat because I have a hoodie on I am black I am person Don’t let colour confuse you

Woke
Woke

Other

Woke

Predecessor to “who are we” series. Not your Nubian princess Not your Jezebel Not your loud angry friend Not worth less because I have more melanin I am black I am person Don’t let colour confuse you

Work by

Marlon Barrington

Painting in oils, expressive portraiture