ARTIST ROOM ON VIEW: This solo exhibition, showcasing over 80 works by the internationally renowned American Pop artist, spans two floors and features some of Warhol’s most significant works. Exhibiting an array of paintings, screenprints, drawings and photographs, Lightbox Gallery in partnership with Tate and National Galleries of Scotland offers a comprehensive look at Warhol's artistic evolution and remarkable achievements in the context of post-war America.
Discover three of the biggest names in modern and contemporary art at Modern One this summer with a series of free ARTIST ROOMS displays in Edinburgh. Experience impactful new displays by Louise Bourgeois, Helen Chadwick, and Robert Mapplethorpe, each offering distinctive and diverse approaches to the ideas of self-expression, identity, and the complexity of our inner life. Visitors will encounter Louise Bourgeois’s three-metre-high Spider, innovative light boxes, and a playful sculptural installation by Helen Chadwick and striking self-portraits by Robert Mapplethorpe.
ARTIST IN FOCUS: The American photographer Robert Mapplethorpe pushed the boundaries of his medium with both his subject matter and innovative techniques. Originally trained as a sculptor, his understanding of the human body in relation to the light which reveals it means that his distinctive style possesses a classical quality that captures the stillness and the sensual qualities of the body in space.
ARTIST IN FOCUS: Louise Bourgeois was a French-American sculptor, painter and printmaker whose confessional, autobiographical approach to art left behind one of the most extraordinary bodies of work of the past century.
