Marilyn Monroe – Iconic Images Gallery, UK

Marilyn Monroe: Icon
June 5 – July 4
ICONIC IMAGES GALLERY PICCADILLY | FREE TO VIEW

Perhaps no major twentieth-century figure has been photographed, interpreted and mythologised as extensively as Marilyn Monroe. As we celebrate the centenary of her birth, her image continues to occupy  a singular place in the collective imagination, suspended between Hollywood construction and personal vulnerability, celebrity and self-invention. Bringing together works by photographers including Eve  Arnold, Sam Shaw, Allan Grant and more, this exhibition traces some of the most enduring visual representations of Monroe across studio portraiture, reportage and candid photography.

The exhibition also considers Monroe’s continuing afterlife within contemporary and post-war art. Included is work by James Francis Gill, one of the earliest figures associated with American Pop Art, whose first Marilyn Triptych entered the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in 1962 shortly after Monroe’s death.