Mr Somebody & Mr Nobody Present The Amazing Afro Pop Up Shop

November 4, 2011–February 22, 2012
The Wolfsonian–FIU @ 1001 Washington Avenue

Mr Somebody & Mr Nobody Present The Amazing Afro Pop-Up Shop was a site-specific installation in The Wolfsonian’s Bridge Tender House based on an African market stall. Created by artists Heidi Chisholm and Sharon Lombard, the project created a fictional realm with real world-implications tapping into the artists’ shared history as South-African expatriates living in America. The Afro Pop-Up Shop and its tongue-in-cheek goods prompted us to think beyond “Where are you from?” and ask more complicated questions regarding multiple migrations, invasions, and post-colonial freedom. It was the immigrant’s paean to globalization.

Visitors were invited to purchase and take home a piece of the installation; goods were available inside The Wolfsonian’s shop, with all proceeds benefiting the museum.