Modern Medicine was the title of a group exhibition of contemporary art on display in "Building One"—one of the buildings comprising the former Peek Frean biscuit factory—in Bermondsey

Bermondsey

Bermondsey is an area in London on the south bank of the river Thames, and is part of the London Borough of Southwark. To the west lies Southwark, to the east Rotherhithe, and to the south, Walworth and Peckham.-Toponomy:...

, London, in 1990. The exhibition was organized or "curated" by Billee Sellman, Damien Hirst

Damien Hirst

Damien Steven Hirst is an English artist, entrepreneur and art collector. He is the most prominent member of the group known as the Young British Artists , who dominated the art scene in Britain during the 1990s. He is internationally renowned, and is reportedly Britain's richest living artist,...

 and Carl Freedman

Carl Freedman

Carl Freedman is the founder of Carl Freedman Gallery . He previously worked as a writer and a curator, initially with Damien Hirst, to help pioneer the Young British Artists phenomenon.-Life and work:...

. The exhibition included the first showing of Damien Hirst's sculpture "One Thousand Years." It was one of several warehouse exhibitions from which the YBA art scene developed—along with Freeze

Freeze

Freeze may refer to:In liquids turning to solids:*Freezing, the physical process of a liquid turning into a solid*Freeze drying, a method of rapidly removing moisture from food productsIn cessation of movement or change:...

 and East Country Yard.

Exhibited artists

• Mat Collishaw
  Mat Collishaw
  Matthew "Mat" Collishaw is an artist based in London, and one of the Young British Artists.-Career:Collishaw attended Goldsmiths, University of London , alongside Damien Hirst and other YBA artists....
  
  
• Grainne Cullen
• Dominic Denis
• Angus Fairhurst
  Angus Fairhurst
  Angus Fairhurst was an English artist working in installation, photography and video. He was one of the Young British Artists .-Life and work:Angus Fairhurst was born in Pembury, Kent...
  
  
• Damien Hirst
  Damien Hirst
  Damien Steven Hirst is an English artist, entrepreneur and art collector. He is the most prominent member of the group known as the Young British Artists , who dominated the art scene in Britain during the 1990s. He is internationally renowned, and is reportedly Britain's richest living artist,...
  
  
• Abigail Lane
  Abigail Lane
  Abigail Lane is an English artist. Lane was one of the exhibitors in the 1988 Damien Hirst-led Freeze exhibition—a mixed show of art which was significant in the development of the later-to-be YBA scene of art.-Life and work:...
  
  
• Miriam Lloyd
• Craig Wood