In the new edition of the LOK Pop-up Store, the invited positions consciously move in the tension field between art, design, and consumer culture. While artists work with formats like merch, editions, and functional objects, designers integrate artistic strategies into their creative practice. What began with the Fluxus artists as a democratization of the artwork continues today in a contemporary formal language that employs the aesthetics of marketing tools, clothing, and everyday objects. Conversely, designed everyday objects manifest as autonomous objects.
The pop-up store becomes a playing field where questions of authorship, value, reproducibility, and accessibility are renegotiated. The participating positions address central themes of today. Questions around body positivity and identity positivity are examined across disciplines, as well as the new appreciation for craft practices. Cushions transform into three-dimensional objects, everyday items are resized, distorted, and reinterpreted. Through food, currency and value are reflected, postcards are stylised into fragile, pointed ceramic delicacies. Accessories appear as manifestos, naïve painting appears in new interpretations.
With Amos Angeles, IKOU TSCHÜSS, ISSU ISSU, Jutta Galizia, MICKRY 3, Vera Mattmann, Talaya Schmid, and Julian Zigerli
The Pop-Up Store at the LOK by Kunstmuseum St.Gallen is open until 30 November 2026. During the summer break from 13 July to 21 August 2026, the Pop-Up Store will be closed.
About the participants:
Amos Angeles: The works of Amos Angeles oscillate between art piece and consumer aesthetics. With 'Goldstei' and 'Goldtaler', he circulates a new currency: a fruit bread made according to a family recipe, wrapped in golden foil and sold by the artist himself. Between work and commodity, the concept of value shifts into everyday life. His practice demonstrates that value remains a collective attribution.
IKOU TSCHÜSS: Founded by Guya Marini and Carmen D’Apollonio, IKOU TSCHÜSS navigates between clothing, accessories, and objects for living spaces. The duo combines playful form language with artisanal excellence and an unpretentious understanding of luxury. Familiar everyday objects are transformed into independent creative positions, resulting in objects with a new aesthetic presence in everyday life.
ISSU ISSU: ISSU ISSU works with a material-based approach, characterized by artisanal precision and carefully developed color worlds. In close collaboration with craftsmen, the objects are produced in Switzerland. The works elude clear functions: They stand between utility object and autonomous object. Craft, material, and technical possibilities equally determine the form.
Jutta Galizia: Jutta Galizia combines drawing, ceramics, and performance. Her opulent, colorful works appear playful and light yet carry a quiet seriousness. In her ruffle ceramics, delicate 'postcards' are created, reminiscent of floral cake decorations. The works combine artisanal precision with fragility and subtle depth.
MICKRY 3: The women's collective MICKRY 3 transforms imagery from everyday aesthetics, pop culture, and advertising into sculptural works. Their works move between art object, edition, and seemingly functional artifact. Everyday objects are alienated, societal taboos are questioned, and meanings are shifted. Beneath the playful surface lies a subversive undertone.
Vera Mattmann: Vera Mattmann develops her imagery from the tension field of motherhood and artistic identity. Plants and animals simultaneously theme vulnerability, strength, and security. The seemingly gentle visual worlds arise from a self-reflective process, negotiating exhaustion as well as postnatal experiences. From this forms a feminist statement.
Talaya Schmid: Talaya Schmid locates her work in the contemporary feminist discourse and primarily works with tufting as an artistic practice. Her textile language is at once punk, caring, and present. From clothing to wall works to installations and performances, she expands the possibilities of craftsmanship, with materiality, corporeality, and identity at the center.
Julian Zigerli: Julian Zigerli understands fashion as a cultural practice and questions classic gender attributions. His often gender-fluid designs break norms with humor and ease. The works negotiate questions of identity and belonging. Over more than two decades, he has developed an independent, colorful creative universe.