A naked mother radiates maternal happiness as she beams at the camera with her peachy-skinned wide-eyed baby clasped to her chest. Nearby, piercing blue eyes and oddly elongated ears frame a face attached to a wooden body with women's breasts and a solitary truncated hand hovering by its side.
The monochrome photography of Nobuyoshi Araki and the surreal sculptures of Katsura Funakoshi may appear at first sight to inhabit two parallel universes in terms of texture and atmosphere as well as materials.
But the works of the two Japanese artists have been fused together in a new show in which they explore, via their respective mediums, the ever-enduring themes of life, death and love.