Just add water: Aquatopia at Nottingham Contemporary - in pictures

Ashley Bickerton: Orange Shark, 2008 Photograph: Courtesy Nottingham Contemporary

Alex Bag and Ethan Kramer: Le Cruel et Curieux Vie du la Salmonellapod, 2000 Photograph: Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York

Katsushika Hokusai: Tako to ama (Pearl Diver), 1814 Photograph: Courtesy Nottingham Contemporary

Juergen Teller: Octopussy, Rome, 2008 Photograph: Courtesy of Juergen Teller

Bernard Buffet: Vingt mille lieues sous les mers, le hublot géant du Nautilus, 1989 Photograph: Courtesy of Fonds de Dotation Bernard Buffet

Utagawa Kuniyoshi: The Rescue of Minamoto no Tametomo by Goblins (detail), ca 1851 Photograph: Pho Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Jennifer West: Heavy Metal Sharks, 2011 Photograph: Courtesy Vilma Gold, London

Lucian Freud: Still Life with Squid and Sea Urchin, 1949 Photograph: Courtesy Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston

Mikhail Karikis: Haenyeos Women at Work, sound and video installation, 2012 Photograph: Image courtesy the artist

Ant Farm (architectural practice): DOLØN EMB 1 (drawing by Curtis Schreier), 1975 Photograph: University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Spartacus Chetwynd: Hokusai's Octopus, 2004 Photograph: David Sillitoe/Courtesy Nottingham Contemporary

The Otolith Group: Hydra Decapita, 2010, film still Photograph: Courtesy of The Otolith Group