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Foam Talent
20 international young artists
1 September – 12 November 2017
Press release | 3 August 2017
From the series Traces © Weronika Gęsicka
Foam is proud to present the work of twenty new Foam Talents. The annual Talent Call is an international search for exceptionally talented photographers under the age of 35. The submissions form an intriguing barometer of current developments in contemporary photography. The Foam Talent programme is a career building platform that helps launch aspiring image-makers into the international photography industry, giving them global acclaim and recognition.
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Foam 3h: Foam X Ruang Mes 56
Yudha Kusuma Putera and Andri William
15 September – 12 November 2017
Press release | August 2017
#8, from the series Kumpulan Cerita Anak (Collection of Children’s Stories), 2015 © Yudha Kusuma Putera
Foam welcomes photography collective Ruang Mes 56 from Indonesia for a collaborative presentation of Indonesian talent at Foam 3h. For the exhibition Foam X Ruang Mes 56 two young artists, Yudha Kusuma Putera and Andri William were chosen to present their work. Both artists focus on collaboration and on engagement with others.
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André Kertész – Mirroring Life
15 September 2017 – 10 January 2018
Press release | 3 July 2017
Nageur sous l’eau, Esztergom, Hongrie, 1917 © Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication - Médiathèque de l’architecture et du patrimoine, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Donation André Kertész (detail)
André Kertész (1894-1985) is renowned for the exceptional contribution he made to the visual language of 20th-century photography. Foam presents André Kertész - Mirroring Life, a retrospective exhibition of his oeuvre. The exhibition explores his creative capacity, using unusual compositions to create a new perspective of reality. It is an homage to the photographer whom Henri Cartier-Bresson viewed as one of his mentors.
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Foam 3h: Foam X NEU NOW
Robert Glas – Before the Law
21 July – 10 September 2017
Press release | 16 June 2017
Jurisdiction A Hundred Years Before the Law (Film Still), 2015 © Robert Glas
In collaboration with NEU NOW Foam presents the work of Dutch photographer Robert Glas (NL, 1986) in the exhibition Before the Law. His projects scrutinise legislative processes around immigration and personal identification. His practice is an ongoing investigation into the technologies used by nation-states to monitor the movement of people across territories.
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Roger Ballen & Asger Carlsen
No Joke
23 June – 27 August 2017
Press release | May 2017
Trampled, 2016 © Roger Ballen & Asger Carlsen
In the collaborative project titled No Joke, artists Roger Ballen (1950, VS) and Asger Carlsen (1973, DK) explore the more sinister sides of the human psyche. Together the duo produced 37 images, without ever working in the same studio at the same time: their creative exchange and co-creation has been a purely online affair. Their menacing work evokes a sense of anxiety and longing that is usually experienced only in dreams.
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Gordon Parks
I Am You. Selected works 1942 - 1978
16 June – 6 September 2017
Press release | 20 April 2017
Untitled, Watts, California, 1967 © Gordon Parks / Courtesy of The Gordon Parks Foundation (detail)
The camera can be a powerful weapon against repression, racism, violence and inequality. The American photographer Gordon Parks (1912-2006) referred to the camera as his “weapon of choice” and used photography to expose the deep divisions in American society. Parks was an important champion of equal rights for Afro-Americans and in his work addressed themes such as poverty, marginalisation and injustice.
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Adam Jepessen - Out of Camp
16 June – 27 August 2017
Press Release | 6 April 2017
AR Chalten II, 2014 © Adam Jeppesen / Courtesy of the Carlsberg Foundation
Out Of Camp is Adam Jeppesen’s first solo exhibition in the Netherlands. The series presented, Jeppesen’s five recent series, are the result of a solitary 487-day journey from the North Pole to Antarctica. The images of remote, rugged landscapes are suffused with a sense of tranquillity, reflection and contemplation.
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Foam is supported by the BankGiro Loterij, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, Delta Lloyd, the City of Amsterdam, Olympus and the VandenEnde Foundation.
