Genuine Fake Premium Economy at ICA

In it’s final week at the ICA, artists Jenna Bliss, Buck Ellison and Jasmine Gregory investigate what effect the post-2008 era has had on societal myths of fairness in Genuine Fake Premium Economy. This group exhibition brings together recent work and new commissions by the three artists, from moving image by Bliss, photography by Ellison, and painting and assemblage by Gregory.

Buck Ellison, detail from Virtue, 2026, chromogenic print on Duratrans film, lightbox, artist’s frame. Courtesy the artist

Born in the mid-1980s in the United States, Bliss, Ellison and Gregory transitioned into adulthood and working life in the wake of the financial crisis. This exhibition evaluates a generation living and working in a broken global economy. Bliss, Ellison and Gregory also deliberate on the uneasy relationship between art and money. The acceleration of wealth inequity, art traded as investment, and today’s commodity culture are all uncomfortable realities for a growing number of emerging artists.

Jasmine Gregory, Investment Piece no. 4, 2024, oil on linen, 120 x 110cm. Courtesy the artist and Martina Simeti.

Genuine Fake Premium Economy. is open for view at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London until the 5th July 2026.