The Japan Foundation Touring Exhibition: out of the ordinary/extraordinary: japanese contemporary photography

Date: 24 January 2009 - 17 October 2009

Venue: Various nationwide (see below)
24 January to 28 March 2009 - Oldham Gallery, Oldham.
16 April to 23 May 2009 - Millais Gallery, Southampton.
30 June to 26 August 2009 - Rugby Art Gallery and Museum, Rugby.
5 September to 17 October 2009 - Wrexham Arts Centre, Wrexham.

Following its success and popularity in 2006, The Japan Foundation touring exhibition out of the ordinary/extraordinary will once again visit several venues across the UK during 2009. Featuring 11 Japanese artists, mostly from the younger generation, out of the ordinary extraordinary questions things in the world accepted as ‘obvious’ and reconstructs their meaning by reassessing the ‘relationship’ between the artists and the diverse elements of our ever-changing world. The exhibition includes pregnant men posing in a fertility clinic, strangers photographed from outside the windows of their homes and a young woman dressing up in various teenage fashion trends to explore the superficial concept of “youth”; all providing a fascinating take on society as captured through the lens.