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A Scottish artist is drawing young people into the world of art by meeting them on their own territory.

Rachel Maclean has exhibited across the world, in Venice and at the National Galleries of Scotland.

But by taking over vacant shops on Scottish High Streets, she is pulling in a new young audience.

Mimi is the colourful character created by Maclean for the Edinburgh sculpture park Jupiter Artland in 2021.

The ambitious work was her first combining architecture and animation.

She always envisaged a spin-off work, which would tour Scottish High Streets and take over empty shops.

Now, the reality is Don't Buy Mi - a surreal toy shop where nothing is for sale and all the items come from Maclean's dark imagination - decaying dolls with a demonic feel, upside-down boxes, signs and a dark animated film.

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[–] i_am_not_a_robot 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There was a "fake shop" in Bedford for quite a while. The shop which is now there has a sign on it which says "this is a real shop". I thought I had a photo of it but can't find it. It wasn't anywhere near as good as this anyway.

[–] Emperor 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A real shop for real people.

[–] i_am_not_a_robot 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] Emperor 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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[–] i_am_not_a_robot 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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[–] Emperor 3 points 1 year ago

Brilliant! With the early Internet we were just making it up as we went along.