The Wolfsonian has joined forces with innovative design company Mr Somebody & Mr Nobody to present the company’s signature Afro pop-up shop at Wynwood Art Fair 2011.
Part commercial endeavor, part art installation, and part design exhibition, the pop-up shop showcases Mr Somebody & Mr Nobodys, a playful yet nostalgic brand of designed objects inspired by Africa and United States.
The collection invokes a fictional world that explores the immigrant experience of the company’s South African founders, artists Heidi Chisholm and Sharon Lombard.
The items in this contemporary version of a market stall include highly crafted wooden chickens and multi-purpose “khanga” cloths like those used in East Africa for sarongs, carrying cloths, political propaganda, and more.
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- THE DEVIL
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- THE LAST SUPPER
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- A FAMOUS ZULU PROVERB
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- OPEN BLUE SUITCASE
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- BLUE CARDBOARD SUITCASE
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- OPEN BROWN SUITCASE
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- GLITTERED CARDBOARD DOILY BOOK
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- WHITE CARDBOARD DOLIES – BACK OF THE PACK
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- WHITE CARDBOARD DOLIES
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- THE PROTOTYPE
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- GOLD CHICKEN WITH INSIGNIA
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- WOOD RADIO
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- KHANGAS: THE EGG NEVER SITS COLLECTION (DETAIL)
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- KHANGAS: THE STUBBORN CHICKEN COLLECTION (DETAIL)
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- KHANGAS: THE WHIRL A SNAKE COLLECTION (DETAIL)
Proceeds from sales benefit The Wolfsonian – FIU.
