Image from the series I Am, 2020 © Les Adu, courtesy of the artist. Image from the series I Am, 2020 © Les Adu, courtesy of the artist.
Image from the series I Am, 2020 © Les Adu, courtesy of the artist. Image from the series I Am, 2020 © Les Adu, courtesy of the artist.
Image from the series I Am, 2020 © Les Adu, courtesy of the artist. Image from the series I Am, 2020 © Les Adu, courtesy of the artist.
Image from the series I Am, 2020 © Les Adu, courtesy of the artist. Image from the series I Am, 2020 © Les Adu, courtesy of the artist.

Foam 3h: Les Adu - I Am

Now at Foam 18 December 2020 - 11 July 2021
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Foam 3h presents the work of photographer Les Adu. The series I Am consists of over one hundred powerful portraits that capture the strength and pride of his community who Adu documented in response to the death of George Floyd.

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Photographer Les Adu was deeply affected by the death of George Floyd and the subsequent outcry of the Black Lives Matter movement worldwide. As a reaction, Adu created over one hundred powerful portraits of his family, friends and acquaintances. The individual photographs voice their strength, resilience and pride. 

Image from the series I Am, 2020 © Les Adu, courtesy of the artist.

Les Adu, of Ghanaian descent, was born and raised in Amsterdam Zuidoost. He is a self-taught photographer. He has worked for the Gemeente Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum and Young in Prison among many other projects. Les Adu studied Social Education at the Hoge School van Amsterdam and works as a museum educator at Foam.

The exhibition is made possible by the Van Bijlevelt Foundation, the Leeuwensteinstichting and Kleurgamma Fine-Art Photolab.

Foam is supported by the BankGiro Loterij, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, City of Amsterdam, Delta Lloyd and the VandenEnde Foundation. 

In 2021 Foam receives additional support from Kickstart Cultuurfonds and the Mondriaan Fund.

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Foam 3h is a project space where recently graduated artists and photographers are invited to present their first solo museum exhibition.

 

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