SUPERMARKET

At a time when artistic production is increasingly intertwined with everyday life, the exhibition collapses the distance between artwork and commodity, asking how culture is packaged, consumed, and desired within contemporary systems of visibility.
Bringing together UAE-based artists without gallery representation, SUPERMARKET considers art as both cultural expression and object of exchange. Centered on accessibility, it invites a broader public to encounter contemporary art beyond the usual assumptions of exclusivity, price, and gatekeeping.
All works are presented within an accessible price range, supporting independent artists and their practices while widening the community of potential collectors. This gesture is not only economic but also symbolic: it challenges the idea that art must remain financially or culturally out of reach, and proposes collecting as a more open and participatory act.
At the heart of the exhibition lies a simple yet urgent question: what does it mean to “shop” for art today? Are we acquiring objects, ideas, identities, or forms of cultural capital? What produces value, and what shapes our sense of urgency, aspiration, and worth?
Rather than offering definitive answers, SUPERMARKET makes these conditions visible. It presents the exhibition as a space where encounter, exchange, and reflection converge, revealing the mechanisms through which art is legitimised, desired, and circulated, while proposing a more direct relationship between artist, artwork, and audience.
ARTISTS: Adele Bea Cipste, Afrorabian, Alina El Assadi, Anita Shishani, ANTI MUSE, Antoine Deeb, Asareh Ebrahimpour, Bayan Dahdah, Camila Schubert, Don, Elisa Arienti, Elizaveta Pugacheva, Farah Soltani, Fats Patrol, Faxon, Fink 22, Ghalia Kalaji, Jude Maharmeh, Juhayda Bittar, Karim El Atrache, Karim Tamerji, Laura Puscasu, Maha Zeibak, Maitha Bushelaibi, Mr Shark, Nessma Djouhri, Preschelle Ann Biqueras, Rabab Tantawy, Raghe Farah, Rania Kamal, Ron John, Saif Chilmiran, Sandra Fadayel, Solimar Miller, The Workshop DXB.