Yto Barrada-Gallery Exhibition - Part 03

The main gallery wall is transformed by a wallpaper installation, in which Barrada repurposes vintage rolls of “transfer paper,” used in the textile industry in the 1960s or 70s to absorb excess ink from the printing process. These abstract forms acquire a new life when juxtaposed with Barrada’s paintings, made using a technique called “paste paper” traditionally used to create decorative end-papers for the inside covers of books. Barrada handmade these paste paper works as part of her 2019 Casa Barragán commision, in which the artist was invited to produce works that were exhibited in the studio (now a living museum) of Mexican modernist architect Luis Barragán (1902-1988). She was inspired by end-papers found in Barragan’s book collection.