Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama is known for his large-scale, site-specific installations which speak to the cultural and social effects of post-colonialism and global migration. For his first exhibition in Scotland he has made a new body of work inspired by Fruitmarket’s unique physical location, supported on columns above Waverley railway station. This proximity to, and dependence on, the railway is the starting point for drawings, sculpture and installations referencing Mahama’s own interest in and using material from the now defunct colonial-era railway of Ghana.

2024 marks Edinburgh’s Fruitmarket’s 50th birthday, which it is celebrating with a programme of Scottish, British and international art – for free – as it has been doing since 1974.

The exhibition forms part of this year’s Edinburgh Art Festival.