The Caravan Gallery is a mobile exhibition venue and visual arts project set up to document the ordinary and extraordinary details of everyday life. They describe themselves as "Eager to examine clichés and cultural trends, we are particularly drawn to the absurd anomalies and curious juxtapositions typical of places in transition and in the process of reinventing themselves as regeneration fever spreads." Ignoring the "rose-tinted tones of tourist information brochures", The Caravan Gallery investigates sense of place and shows an unbiased view of each town it travels to.
The Caravan Gallery itself is a yellow 1969 caravan ("with white walls and a beech floor on the inside - like a "real" gallery!"), in which they exhibit their photographic observations in response to the areas they visit. Exhibitions can be place-specific or on a theme, or can come from their archive of images "which constitutes a highly subjective survey-cum-tour guide to contemporary leisure, landscape and lifestyle". It exhibits at a range of locations including rural, urban, and suburban, small-scale community events, prestigious contemporary galleries, and international art and photography festivals.
The Caravan Gallery acknowledges that the caravan venue has a novelty factor that makes it accessible to a range of passersby and art lovers. They say that " Sometimes it feels like a mini social club on wheels bringing together people who would never normally connect."
The images produced by The Caravan Gallery include exteriors of buildings, small quirky details, landscapes, documentary portraiture, and shop windows, all of which contribute to creating a sense of place and an unbiased portrayal of community.
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