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Thomas Albdorf

15 June - 9 September 2018

“ ‘Brought Games To The Beach’(Water, Wall, Sea, Sky, Wave)”, from the series Recommended, 2018 © Thomas Albdorf “ ‘Brought Games To The Beach’(Water, Wall, Sea, Sky, Wave)”, from the series Recommended, 2018 © Thomas Albdorf
‘We Went To A Crater’(Geological Phenomenon, Sea, Smoke, Volcanic Landform / Spoof: Unlikely), from the series Recommended, 2017 © Thomas Albdorf ‘We Went To A Crater’(Geological Phenomenon, Sea, Smoke, Volcanic Landform / Spoof: Unlikely), from the series Recommended, 2017 © Thomas Albdorf

Thomas Albdorf (1982, Austria) combines classic photographic genres with modern visual techniques.

His landscapes and still-lifes are boldly aesthetical, but his use of the photographic medium is highly conceptual. Using both analogue and digital techniques, Albdorf edits photographs of perennial visual clichés found online (such as a setting sun, a mountainous landscape) after which he subjects these found photos to image recognition software and automatic image generation. The resulting image is recognisable and surrealistic at the same time. It is Albdorf’s way of critically interrogating stereotypes in our digital online visual culture.

Foam presents the first solo museum exhibition of Thomas Albdorf’s work. The artist also created new work especially for this exhibition, which will be displayed for the very first time in Foam.


“Brought Games To The Beach’(Water, Wall, Sea, Sky, Wave)”, from the series Recommended, 2018 © Thomas Albdorf

RECOMMENDED: OLYMPUS FELLOWSHIP
Thomas Albdorf is one of the first three recipients of the recommended Olympus Fellowship. This fellowship enables young image makers to produce and internationally exhibit new work. The fellowship is organised by Olympus, Haus der Photographie / Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Fotografie Forum Frankfurt (FFF) and Foam. The Fellows of 2018 are Thomas Albdorf (1982, Austria), Nadja Bournonville (1983, Sweden) and Lilly Lulay (1985, Germany). Recommended is made possible with the generous support of Olympus.
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Foam is supported by the BankGiro Loterij, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, Delta Lloyd, Gemeente Amsterdam, Olympus and the VandenEnde Foundation.

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