ART FAIRS:Supermarket 2016 Stockholm

Emma Rönnholm, Handfull, Galeria Sculptor-Helsinki/Finland, Supermarket 2016 ArchiveSupermarket is an Art Fair run by artists. Artist-run galleries and similar initiatives from around the world show the work of hundreds of artists at the Fair. With its clear mission and its program for networking meetings, Supermarket has become a unique platform for Swedish and international artists.

By Efi Michalarou
Photo: Supermarket 2016 Archive

Since its beginnings in 2007, Supermarket has established itself as a global platform for the artist-run art scene, a unique art project that brings together galleries and artists from all over the world. Every year the Fair focuses on a theme that highlights current issues and brings new perspectives to ongoing debates. For 2016 Supermarket presents 61 artist-run galleries and other initiatives from 40 cities from all over the world exhibit at Svarta Huset this year, including the performance gallery Galeria Raczej from Poznan in Poland, Intimnoe mesto and Luda Gallery from St Petersburg, and Mote 078 Gallery from Columbus in the United States. Over 100 artists are present at the Fair including artists from Syria, Egypt, Canada, Turkey and South Africa. Supermarket 2016 examines how the artist-run network has changed over the last 10 years. More on the program is Talks with seminars, and the performance stage Red Spot, showing experimental and innovative performance acts by Swedish and international artists. Meetings is a program which allows participating artists and artists who work as exhibition organisers, project managers, curators and other professionals to meet each other and discuss various issues surrounding their gallery and the wider art world.

Info: SUPERMARKET-Stockholm Independent Art Fair 2016, Svarta huset, LM Ericssons väg 26, Telefonplan, Stockholm, Duration: 20-24/4/16, Days & Hours: Wed (20/4) 15:00 Preview by Invitation Only, Thu & Fri (21-22/4) 11:00-20:00, Sun (23/4_ 11:00-18:00, Entrance Fee: SEK 120, Admission incl. catalogue-art magazine: SEK 150 (Students/seniors SEK 120), Weekend Pass (4 day) incl. catalogue+art magazine: SEK 200, Children under 16 years old: free, www.supermarketartfair.com

Karl Georg Staffan Björk, Uitzicht, Promotion picture 2016, Supermarket 2016 Archive
Karl Georg Staffan Björk, Uitzicht, courtesy Supermarket 2016

 

 

Masha Krasnova-Shabaeva, The Class Room, Köttinspektionen-Uppsala/Sweden, courtesy Supermarket 2016
Masha Krasnova-Shabaeva, The Class Room, Köttinspektionen-Uppsala/Sweden, courtesy Supermarket 2016

 

 

Klaus Pichler, Just the two of us, Kunshalle Graz-Graz/Austria, courtesy Supermarket 2016
Klaus Pichler, Just the two of us, Kunshalle Graz-Graz/Austria, courtesy Supermarket 2016

 

 

Margon Lindberg and Kent Anderson, Va ere om?, Nationalgalleriet-Stockholm/Sweden., courtesy Supermarket 2016
Margon Lindberg and Kent Anderson, Va ere om?, Nationalgalleriet-Stockholm/Sweden, courtesy Supermarket 2016

 

 

Hertta Kiiski and Maija Kurki, Untitled, Photographic Centre Peri-Turku/Finland, courtesy Supermarket 2016
Hertta Kiiski and Maija Kurki, Untitled, Photographic Centre Peri-Turku/Finland, courtesy Supermarket 2016

 

 

Natali Cohen Vaxberg, When Little Red Riding Hood Met the Wall, Tegen 2-Stockholm/Sweden, courtesy Supermarket 2016
Natali Cohen Vaxberg, When Little Red Riding Hood Met the Wall, Tegen 2-Stockholm/Sweden, courtesy Supermarket 2016