We are delighted to share that a feature from ‘Departures’, Jiro Osuga’s monumental, installation-based work reflecting on identity and transit, will be included in an immersive exhibition at the Migration Museum in September in their new location, showcasing a decade of the Museum’s work, alongside new stories and artwork that highlight just how central migration is to our lives. Exploring the reasons behind migration, the experiences of arriving and settling, and the search for identity and belonging, the exhibition seeks to spark reflection and conversation about migration to and from Britain.

London-based, Tokyo-born Osuga (b 1968) explores his culture an identity through interactive works that reflect wit, melancholia and a rich internal dialogue with the outside world. Originally installed at our Kingsland Road space last year, ‘Departures’ transformed the gallery into a surreal airport departure lounge through a highly-detailed, continuous series of paintings that created an unfolding stage for individual, often unexpected, narratives to occur.

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