Supermarket

The Fridge is delighted to present Supermarket the second U.S. solo exhibition of the talented Ayako Sakuragi. “I would like to sow a seed of doubt about our everyday perception” Ayako Sakuragi takes on the surface of reality, tracking the richness of a world concealed from the naked eye. The supermarket chains Monoprix, Franprix and Carrefour in Paris provide her preferred, and surprising terrain. She feels that these ordinary spaces with no particular aesthetic appeal are saturated with commercial information. She nevertheless uncovers their mystery, armed with only her pinhole camera. “I exposed each shot very slowly in order to confront the invisible world, capturing a space of light in movement.” Thanks to this particular technique of long exposure, the artist accumulates time, dilates it, and gains access to a new space-time continuum. Born in 1978, Ayako Sakuragi studied French literature at Sophia University in Tokyo, then fashion design at Studio Berçot in Paris. After working for eleven years at Comme des Garçons, she returned to artistic studies. She received her Master’s degree from Tokyo University of the Arts in 2021 and graduated from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris (DNSAP) in 2022. She was a finalist for The Dior Photography and Visual Arts Award for Young Talents in 2024, as well as for the Sisley Prize of the Beaux-Arts de Paris in 2025. Her work 108 Days is part of the collection of the Arter Museum (Istanbul). She is currently pursuing a PHD at the École Nationale Supérieure de la Photographie in Arles. She is also an artist in residence at La Capsule – Résidence Création Photo in Le Bourget, and continues her practice and experiments between Paris and Arles.

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