The Inconvenience Store reclaims a downtown 7‑Eleven, turning its familiar aisles into a gallery for 70 local artists, a move that echoes the duo’s earlier IKEA‑inspired STÖR project.
Visitors navigate a retained checkout counter, refrigerator, and hot‑food counter now stocked with pre‑tangled USB cables, a landline iPhone that only plays U2’s ‘Vertigo,’ and bags fashioned from Cheetos and Lay’s wrappers.
Artists range from Seattle’s emerging hands to seasoned creators, and their works, priced between $1 and $10,000, sit beside everyday items, allowing shoppers to buy art in a casual, non‑gallery setting.
The exhibition, free to enter, runs Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 4 p.m. until June 27, 2027, offering a weekend art shopping experience that challenges the city’s conventional retail‑culture narrative.
Curators Deering and Carter said the aim is to confront efficiency and mass production, turning the everyday convenience into a deliberate inconvenience that forces viewers to pause.