‘Don’t buy mi’: Scottish artist’s twist on consumerism and pop culture

The former butcher’s shop in Ayr that Rachel Maclean has turned into a space where people can reflect on urban decline ‘in a surreal, potentially quite fun way’. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

With its grubby pastel paint and wonky signage, Rachel Maclean’s shopfront on Ayr high street at first appears like any other in a town centre that has seen better days.

But look more closely through the window and you will notice that familiar promotional entreaties are backwards: don’t buy mi, don’t let me, nothing must go.