Thursday 19 June 2025
Mike Nelson
Humpty Dumpty, a transient history of Mardin earthworks, low rise, at Fruitmarket, Edinburgh
In this new solo exhibition, Mike Nelson uses Fruitmarket’s Warehouse as the machine room, or driving force, for a major new installation that extends across all three spaces of the gallery. Built around two sets of photographs taken in London and a city in Eastern Turkey between 2010 and 2014, the work captures cities in flux, guided by their politics and leaders of the time.
The work seeks to make sense of both sites and their inter-relatedness through constructed environments, sculpture and photography. Turning the Warehouse into his studio since the start of May, Nelson transforms the space into both a site of production and part of the setting for his work.
PV: Thursday 26 June, 6-8pm
Exhibition continues: 27 June - 5 October 2025
Monday-Sunday, 11-6pm
Fruitmarket Gallery
45 Market Street
Edinburgh
EH1 1DF