Tate Britain: Alvaro Barrington’s “Grace” explores Carribean culture

A silver painted dancer figure greets audiences in the centre of London’s Tate Britain galleries. The museum has unveiled GRACE, a new commission by Alvaro Barrington.

The Venezuela-born artist who has Haitian and Grenadian roots is based in the UK.

His installation centers three key figures – his grandmother Frederica, his mother Emelda and a close friend and sister-figure Samantha Harrison.

A silver painted dancer figure greets audiences in the centre of Tate Britain’s galleries, adorned with fabrics and jewellery.

Standing at four-metres high, on a large…