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Liz Johnson Artur - of life of love of sex of movement of hope
15 October 2021 – 9 February 2022
Press Release | September 2021
© Liz Johnson Artur
Foam presents the solo exhibition of life of love of sex of movement of hope by London-based photographer Liz Johnson Artur. The exhibition celebrates daily events and brings them together as a form of storytelling in an attempt to elevate human emotion.
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Shigeru Onishi - The Possibility of Existence
17 September - 9 January 2022
Press Release | September 2021
Title Unknown, 1950s © Estate of Shigeru Onishi, care of Tomoharu Onishi, courtesy of MEM, Tokyo.
Foam proudly presents the brilliant but forgotten work from the short photographic career of Shigeru Onishi (1928-1994). Foam is exhibiting a broad selection of vintage prints in combination with some of these ink paintings, which indicate the continuation of his artistry.
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Foam 3h: Alexandra Rose Howland
- Leave and Let Us Go
17 September – 9 January 2022
Press Release | September 2021
Fatima, 2020, Leave and Let Us Go © Alexandra Rose Howland / courtesy of Artist
Alexandra Rose Howland (1990, US/UK) presents an intimate portrait of Iraq, a country that is often misunderstood and misrepresented. In 2017, Howland moved to Iraq and began her long time work to understand and translate a people caught in the middle of conflict. During her time photographing there, she started collecting smartphone photos, videos and family photo albums of over fifty Iraqis from across the country, creating Leave and Let Us Go.
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Foam 3h: 15 years of Talent from the Collection
15 October – 9 February 2022
Press Release | October 2021
How to build a sun, 2011 © Peter Puklus
Foam 3h – 15 Years of Talent from the Collection presents a selection of artists whose work has been acquired for the Foam Collection. The works provide a glance into the variety of photographic and artistic practices that where shown on the third floor.
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Foam Talent 2021 | Digital
An online exhibition celebrating a new generation of image-makers shaping the future of photography.
Press Release | August 2021
Image from the series Quarantine Blues © Leonard Suryajaya, courtesy of the artist
Following the award-winning first edition of 2020, Foam presents a brand new online exhibition: Foam Talent 2021 | Digital. This multi-media platform showcases the work of 20 artists that were selected through the annual Foam Talent Call. Their projects are translated into the digital realm, supported by audio, video and interactive elements. Liberating the photographs from their frames and taking them beyond the museum walls, the exhibition pushes the boundaries of the medium and explores the outlines of its future form. It connects facets of the extensive Foam Talent programme, offering podcasts, Zoom talks, limited Editions and more. The visitor is invited to explore and immerse themselves in the endless possibilities and perspectives that contemporary photography has to offer.
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Next Level: Jonathas de Andrade
Press Release | November 2021
ABC da cana (Sugarcane ABC), 2014 © Jonathas de Andrade
Since the autumn of 2015, Foam presents the exhibition series Next Level, with the support of Ammodo. The series is aimed at introducing a wider public to innovative art by relatively young artists who are making radical new use of the medium of photography. Foam has invited Jonathas de Andrade to create new work for the exhibition.
Jonathas de Andrade (Maceió, Brazil, 1982) combines fact and fiction in his body of work. He uses staged scenarios, which are created in collaboration, to tell layered stories. These stories are rooted in the territory and history of Brazil, particularly in the Nordeste (northeast region). The stories echo the voices of those less heard and are told through photography, video and installation. The underlying themes are often power relations, class and race.
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Jane'a Johnson new Artistic Director Foam
Press Release | July 2021
On Earth, 2020 © Foam. Photo: Christian van der Kooy.
Jane’a Johnson (US) will be the new Artistic Director at Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam. Johnson will join the management of Foam with Nynke de Haan (Managing Director), per 1 October 2021.
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Out now: Foam Magazine #59: Histories – The Archival Issue
Press Release | June 2021
Image from the series Playing with Visual Fragments © Sofia Yala Rodrigues, courtesy of the artist.
The new issue of Foam Magazine focuses on the archive as subject and looks at contemporary ways of engaging with archival images, and their remediation as a form of activation and critical analysis.
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Foam is supported by the VriendenLoterij, Foam Members, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, the VandenEnde Foundation and the City of Amsterdam.
In 2021 Foam receives additional support from the Mondriaan Fund and Kickstart Cultuurfonds.
