Michael Fell, Looking into a Supermarket from Outside, 1970-1979

Looking into a Supermarket from Outside

1970–1979
Oil on canvas
137.4 × 167 cm
Inventory no. MF-P-37
Collection: Michael Fell Estate
© Michael Fell Estate
Photograph © Lucy Dawkins
The supermarket interior is seen through a glass façade from the street, so the view arrives already filtered by reflection and framing. Window grids, signage and glare break the surface into overlapping planes, partly obscuring shelves and figures behind. Bright interior lighting pushes forward through the glass, turning the everyday shopfront into a layered construction of inside/outside.

Bibliography

  • William Packer, “Painting”, in The Art of Michael Fell, Unicorn, 2024, p. 130