Lucy Sparrow's Felt Supermarket Opens at the Momentary
Lucy Sparrow's first U.S. museum exhibition, 'The Beginning of Convenience,' is an all-felt recreation of a 1980s supermarket at the Momentary in Bentonville, Arkansas. The installation features over 20,000 hand-crafted soft sculptures, including cans, produce, a pharmacy, and a video rental section. Sparrow, born in 1986 in Bath, UK, dropped out of university and worked various jobs before creating her first felt environment, 'The Cornershop,' in 2014 via a Kickstarter campaign. Her work celebrates the mundane and draws on Walmart's archives. The exhibition includes a recreation of her Suffolk studio, the Felt Cave, and a wall of stuffed bananas inspired by a childhood toy. It runs through July 11, 2027.
Key facts
- Lucy Sparrow's first U.S. museum exhibition is at the Momentary in Bentonville, Arkansas.
- The exhibition is titled 'The Beginning of Convenience' and recreates a 1980s supermarket.
- The installation contains over 20,000 hand-crafted felt sculptures.
- Sparrow was born in 1986 in Bath, United Kingdom.
- She dropped out of university and worked at a convenience store, supermarket, and as an exotic dancer.
- Her first felt environment, 'The Cornershop,' was funded by a Kickstarter campaign raising £10,000 in 2014.
- The exhibition includes a recreation of her Suffolk studio, the Felt Cave.
- The show runs through July 11, 2027.
Entities
Artists
- Lucy Sparrow
- Andy Warhol
- Keith Haring
- Claes Oldenburg
- Chuck Ramirez
Institutions
- Momentary
- Walmart
- Hoxton Gallery
- Kickstarter
- The Momentary
- Sew Your Soul
- Walton's
- Colossal
- Tatty Devine
- designboom
- Glasstire
Locations
- Bentonville
- Arkansas
- United States
- Bath
- United Kingdom
- London
- Oxford
- Suffolk
- Northwest Arkansas
- New York
- Los Angeles
- Miami
- England