03.12.2021 - 07.01.2022
The art supermarket will open in Oslo in Sorgenfrigaten 16, consisting of a pop-up store within the gallery of SORGENFRI, of one-of-a-kind art pieces from up-and-coming and established artists available to buy for cheap.
Through this decade’s boom of seasonal and mobile art galleries with a collective goal to make buying original art accessible to all, and in the spirit of Claes Oldenburg’s The Store in New York in 1961 and inspirational concepts like GIFC; -the pop-up will open free of norms; selling art like supermarket goods.
The customer will be able to bring the art pieces home immediately, buying art in a completely new environment, as part of an everyday shopping experience. The space will be stripped down completely according to the simple aesthetic of a cheap store accompanied by flashy stickers showing you the price.
In the coming month of December a wide range of works and ideas will be on display, embracing a collection of artifacts relevant to our present time, history, and the future from both new talents and established names. Crossing between various media; sculpture, product design, painting, textile, recycled, worn-out, prototypes, sketches, all objects in the supermarket are unicas or in series of a maximum of five. In addition to a selection of rare, archival, and iconic design objects that fits into SORGENFR’s sustainable vision will be available to buy. The supermarket will give customers easy access to original unique art by some of Norway's most interesting and influential creatives.