Kay Abude is an artist based in Melbourne, Australia. She has an expanded sculptural practice working in large-scale installation, photography, performance, video and silk screen printing. Abude’s work is about work itself: the value of it, the effort, the inequality and insecurity of it, especially for artists. Her recent commissions include BE CREATIVE REMAIN RESILIENT, Mural Commission, The Showroom, London, United Kingdom, 2023-24; Smoko Room, Paul Selzer Prize, Fiona and Sidney Myer Gallery, Southbank, 2023; (DON’T) BE AN ARTIST, Flash Forward – Creative Laneways Project, The Hotel Windsor, Melbourne, 2021; NEVER WORK/ STOP WORKING, NGV Triennial EXTRA, NGV International, Melbourne, 2021; and WORK WORTH DOING, La Trobe Art Institute, Bendigo, Victoria, 2020-21. Abude was a studio artist at Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne from 2019 to 2022.
Supermarket Exhibition
Kay Abude
2:30 – 4:30am, 26 January 2008
Suburban Coles Supermarket, Victoria
Polypoplin, metal poles, baskets, projectors, dvd players, extension cords, taste testing booth and product demonstrator, table, linen, glasses, food and beverages served by Coles team members
Dimensions variable
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A 'one-morning' event was held inside a suburban supermarket between the early hours of 2:30am and 4:30am on the 26 January 2008. Five films from the Duration Works: Product Drawing Series, 2007 were projected into five shopping aisles and invited guests were free to roam the supermarket akin to a gallery.
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