Out of the Ordinary/Extraordinary
Japanese Contemporary Photography
24 January – 28 March 2009

Pregnant men posing in a fertility clinic; strangers photographed from outside the windows of their homes; a young woman dressing up in various fashion trends of Japanese teenagers, exploring the superficial concept of ‘youth’.

This exhibition features photographic work by eleven contemporary Japanese artists that questions things in their world and society that they have long accepted as ‘obvious’. Their work explores the complexities of our ever-changing world and the instability of Japanese society behind the façade of economic prosperity.

Image: Photography by Tomoko Sawada