Aby Fulani

"Every age has its great loss – for modernism, it was the coherence of the self; for postmodernism, the stability of master narratives – and now, in the 21st century, there is an increasing pressure on the notion of a shared reality."

Mugshots.com, N8, from the series Obscurity, 2016

Mugshots.com, N, from the series Obscurity, 2016

Mugshots.com, N2, from the series Obscurity, 2016

”There is a new way of understanding our times.. a new wave of realism, a new wave of artists who are engaged in political issues. “Evidential Realism” is the realism of today… “

Liz Johnson Artur - of life of love of sex of movement of hope, 2021

Paolo Cirio: Artist of the Post-Panopticon Era

Wala’adin Abdurahaman, 22, photographed at a military hospital in Khartoum. Courtesy of Faiz Abubakr

Test of Time: On My Mind -- Ahmed Umar

American Gothic, Washington, D.C., 1942. Gordon Parks, Courtesy of the Gordon Parks Foundation

Test of Time: Deborah Willis

South Body, 2019, a performance by Cuban artist Carlos Martiel. Courtesy the artist and Steve Turner Gallery, Los Angeles

Test of Time: Luis Juarez

by Ajamu X. On this festive evening, we will explore what it means to archive from Black queer perspectives together with the artist and guest speakers 

. No traditional panel, but a rhythmic, instinctive curated programme filled with space for encounter, nuance and vulnerability.

During this event, artist JeanPaul Paula will show a performance that is physical, concentrated and ritualistic in nature, with the body acting as both a sculptural and political medium.

Ajamu X and JG Basdew, November 2024

Foam

JeanPaul Paula, 2025

Bete van Meeuwen, 2025

Black Queer Archiving: Questioned at the Intersection, 2025

Opening Ajamu X - Us in the Frame

Gaza Beach, August 18, 2023 by Samar Abu Elouf. Courtesy of the artist

Test of Time: Elisa Medde

La république, 2006 by Mohamed Bourouissa. Galerie Kamel Mennour, Krinzinger Gallery, Blum & Poe Gallery

Test of Time: Taous Dahmani

From the series Cursed, 2024, by Charlie Engman. Courtesy of the artist

Test of Time:  Gem Fletcher

The Rivera Bad Girls, LA 1983 © Janette Beckman

Test of Time: On My Mind -- Janette Beckman

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Foam Talent 2024 | Frankfurt

For more information and visual material please contact the Press Office of Foam via pressoffice@foam.org.

Next Level: Paolo Cirio

Next Level: Sara Cwynar

The rich, vast cultural landscape demands a larger discussion on reclaiming identity. How can we confront stereotypes, clichés and representation within our community? 

"The writing of history is about editing. It’s about choosing a way. [...] How the personal stories can rewrite history through the power of images."

Heroínas de Tejucupapo (Tejucupapo Heroins, 2022)

ABC da Cana Typewriter

Podcast with Jonathas de Andrade

Image of Jessy's Room

Jessica de Abreu's Bookshelf: The Black Archives

[...] I questioned: what does the world look like when Surinamese people do not stand in front of the camera but are the ones able to take the photo during colonial times?

Foam invites Johny Pitts and Gloria Wekker

Dos Pouwis, 2021

Zooming In: Photography, Performance and the Mythical

zooming in with Foam Talents Plantation and Lisandro Suriel

From the series Portraits in Madness

Blind Spots

Louis Vuitton Jeff Koons Rubens Bag, 2020

"Had I been blessed with even limited access to my own mind there would have been no reason to write. I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear."

Contemporary Floral Arrangement - #144551 (1967) #2 The Relationship is a Matter of Style, 2023

"He told me if we had everything we need, we wouldn’t need language to ask for anything."

"I’m talking about the New Woman, and a pattern which was invisible to the subjects when they lived it."

Doll Index 1, 1779-1950, 2022

Doll Index 2, 1733-1950, 2022

"I’m only doing it if it makes me feel good. Which may include buying things."

"I just want the new. I want you to be new to me and me to be new to you."

Sahara from SSENSE.com 1-2-3, 2023

Western Costume Jacket (Cheerleader), Skirt (Cheerleader) Showgirl (Bra Top, Long Fringe), 2023

Pamela as Pamela, 2023

"Turn your face toward the past future. But don’t get too nostalgic about it."

Ideal House, 2023

"Yes, I’m looking for a short-cut through the complexity and conditions of the historicity of my own age."

Tracy in Camo, 2023

Images about images: the work of Sara Cwynar

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Foam Talent 2022

Paintings, Dreams and Love

The 20 artists selected for Foam Magazine's Talent Issue look closely at the world around us, and the one within - without shying away from discomfort or pain.

The Act of Sitting

New Western Views

Tell the Trees to Smile

Le Grand Voyage – Version Courte

Languor

Marble Ass

To Destroy Is To Build

Words from Dad

There Is Nothing New Under the Sun/See Daylight

Inner Journey

WAH’A

Maryam, 2020, Leave and Let Us Go

Shame Less A Protest Against Sexual Violence

Home/Leaving One for Another

Good Hope

The Martyrs

0N0E

Malign Influences/The Holy Mountains

Woman, who would be King

Foam Magazine #61 Talent. Image: Paintings, Dreams and Love © Yushi Li and Steph Wilson, courtesy of the artists.

Announcing Foam Talent 2022

 to reflect on the relationships between humans and nature. In an evening of communal dining and collaborative wine tasting, we'll enjoy food by 

What happens when we listen? A dinner with Salon Vin Naturel 

, a solo exhibition of Co Rentmeester (1936), one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century. As a pioneer of photojournalism as well as commercial photography, Rentmeester has shaped our collective visual memory with iconic images such as his famous Jumpman photo of Michael Jordan, recognized by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential images of all time.

Michael Jordan,1984

Close up of Mark Spitz training World Press Photo Sports, 1973

The female snow monkey in the hot springs of Japan’s Shiga Mountains was LIFE Magazines cover 1970

Los Angeles Uprisings, 1965

Co Rentmeester - Witnessing Life

Join us on Thursday 10 April for a collective gathering on the occassion of 

by Sakir Khader. The evening will be filled with a live radio show of 

 with Hani Rahsepar, a performance by artist 

Inhale, in hell there’s heaven, 2022

Women in grief, Jenin refugee camp in Palestine, 2023

Framing Sounds: Exploring Sonic Influence 

with Sakir Khader, Diaspora Radio & Karmel Sabri

Framing Sounds: Sakir Khader, Diaspora Radio & Karmel Sabri

Visit Foam during Museumnacht Amsterdam and discover how photography can enrich your world. Join a historical tour of 

 by Ara Güler or a lifecasting workshop by Esmay Wagemans inspired by 

 by Carlijn Jacobs. Let the artists of Meervaart Studio surprise you with a flash performance or make your own portrait in our Polaroid photo studio.

Join us with your Museumnacht Amsterdam ticket on 4 November from 19.30 - 00.00 hrs.

Opening Ara Güler, 2023

Museumnacht Amsterdam, 2019

Museumnacht Amsterdam 2023

Sara Cwynar is a leading artist of her generation. She seeks to make sense of our current visual culture through photography, essayistic video works, collages, installations and books. In her studio, she collects and documents images and objects to identify the ways that these everyday materials shape our lives as we consume them. In this way, she captures the prevailing ideals and ideologies of an era.

Still from Red Film, 2018

Sara Cwynar is like an anthropologist of our contemporary economy of endless choice. She researches which products, colours and images we use to shape our lives and identities, and how they change over time. 

Foam invites all food lovers and cultural enthusiasts to experience an evening full of storytelling and food tasting, based on the exhibition 

On 8 April, we will open the exhibition with a tour given by Ana Núñez Rodríguez. In addition, cook Andrés (founder of Roots, Rice and Beans) will provide visitors with a drink and appetizers based on the show.

A tale of violence, 2020

The red bags are used for the seeds, 2021

De Stadsgroentenboer 

Food Tasting and Tour

The Foam Talent programme and the annual Talent issue of Foam Magazine are supported by The Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation and the VandenEnde Foundation.

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

On 8 September, Foam invites artist Sofia Borges to premiere her new film The Fossil, the Eye and the Fire. The livestream will feature the screening of the film, followed by a Q&amp;A with the artist.

watch the trailer and Q&A with Sofia Borges

<div class="sidebar__content">SCREENING PREMIÈRE 
8 September at 18.30 hrs CET Film premiere, followed by a Q&amp;A with Sofia Borges and Foam curator Mirjam Kooiman.
&nbsp;
8 - 15 September 2021 Film is available to watch on-demand.</div>

Sofia Borges: Film premiere of The Fossil, the Eye and the Fire

To celebrate the opening of the exhibition recommended Olympus Fellowship 2020, Foam invites you to join a series of Instagram livestream conversations with artists Karla Hiraldo Voleau, Tobias Kruse and Mika Sperling. Each will go into conversation with the curator who mentored them along their artistic journey.

On 1, 2 and 3 July 2021, artists Karla Hiraldo Voleau (Dominican Republic, 1992), Tobias Kruse (Germany, 1979) and Mika Sperling (Russia, 1990) will lead you through the exhibition <a href="/museum/programme/recommended-olympus-fellowship-2020">recommended Olympus Fellowship 2020</a>. For this exhibition, the artists created new work that explores a broad range of subjects including relationships, love, fear, family and the power of language.
WATCH BACK
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CQyAB38CFxb/">Karla Hiraldo Voleau and Claartje van Dijk, curator Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam.</a></li>
<li>Mika Sperling and Celina Lunsford, curator Fotografie Forum Frankfurt.</li>
</ul>
KARLA HIRALDO VOLEAU Right at the beginning of the&nbsp;Olympus Fellowship, fellow Karla Hiraldo Voleau travelled to Japan to meet with young people of her age. In the series I Have Nothing to Tell You, she asks them about contemporary love and dating. The series researches how cultural traditions in Japan still restrict while, at the same time, gender roles in Japan are also being deconstructed. For this project, Hiraldo Voleau was mentored by Claartje van Dijk, curator Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam.
TOBIAS KRUSE For the series&nbsp;DEPONIE, Tobias Kruse reflects on his unsafe childhood in East Germany. Dominated by violence, anger and hatred, he confronts himself with his memories and investigates parallelisms in the social atmosphere between past and present. For this project, Kruse was mentored by&nbsp;Ingo Taubhorn, curator House of Photography / <a href="https://www.deichtorhallen.de/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Deichtorhallen Hamburg</a>.
MIKA SPERLING In&nbsp;Mother Tongue,&nbsp;Mika Sperling analyses her relationship with both her mother-in-law and societies generally more negatively connotated, one-sided view on this bond. After recently becoming a mother herself, Mika Sperling dedicates the project to her husband&rsquo;s mothers perspectives, dreams, wishes and fears.&nbsp;For this project, Sperling was mentored by Celina Lunsford, curator <a href="https://www.fffrankfurt.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fotografie Forum Frankfurt</a>.
<img src="https://a.storyblok.com/f/113697/2953x3937/0c2b7d05af/touch_from_the_series_mother_tongue_2019_c_mika_sperling.jpg" alt="" width="595" height="793" />Touch, from the series Mother Tongue, 2019 &copy; Mika Sperling, courtesy of the artist.
The exhibition <a href="/museum/programme/recommended-olympus-fellowship-2020">recommended Olympus Fellowship 2020</a>&nbsp;has been on show at all three locations. On show at Foam until 12 September 2021.
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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.
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<div class="sidebar__content">EVENT INFO 
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CQyAB38CFxb/">Thursday 1 July, 12.00 hrs CET: Karla Hiraldo Voleau and Claartje van Dijk, curator Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam.</a>
 Friday 2 July, 12.00 hrs CET: Mika Sperling and Celina Lunsford, curator Fotografie Forum Frankfurt.
 Saturday 3 July, 11.00 hrs CET: Tobias Kruse and Ingo Taubhorn, curator House of Photography / Deichtorhallen Hamburg.
 PLEASE NOTE This is an online event. Join us on Instagram when the livestream starts.
 NOTIFICATION Sign up and get an email notification as soon as the livestream starts.</div>

Livestream: How I Create recommended Olympus Fellowship 2020

The Foam Talent programme and the annual Talent issue of Foam Magazine are supported by The Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation, the VandenEnde Foundation and the Niemeijer Fund.

Foam Talent is made possible by Kleurgamma Fine-Art Photolab, Starframe, Oschatz Visuelle Medien and the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia.

Foam Magazine is sponsored by Igepa Netherlands BV, supplier of excellent paper.

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

Foam presents an all-access online exhibition celebrating the works of young artists shaping the future of photography.

foam invites

Paolo Cirio
Artist of the Post-Panopticon Era

On My Mind: Wala’adin Abdurahaman by Faiz Abubakr

Test of Time: American Gothic by Gordon Parks

Test of Time: South Body by Carlos Martiel

Opening Ajamu X Us in the Frame

Test of Time: Gaza Beach by Samar Abu Elouf

Test of Time: La république by Mohamed Bourouissa

Test of Time: Cursed by Charlie Engman

On My Mind: The Rivera Bad Girls by Janette Beckman

Foam Talent 2024 | Frankfurt

Next Level: Paolo Cirio

Next Level: Sara Cwynar

Blind Spots

Tracing identity and championing untold histories.

Images about images: reflecting on the works of Sara Cwynar

Foam Talent 2022

Announcing the new Foam Talents

What happens when we listen? A dinner with Salon Vin Naturel

Co Rentmeester Witnessing Life

Framing Sounds: Exploring Sonic Influence with Sakir Khader, Diaspora Radio & Karmel Sabri

Museumnacht Amsterdam 2023

Next Level: Sara Cwynar
S/S 23

Food tasting and tour through Cooking Potato Stories

Sofia Borges: Film premiere of The Fossil, the Eye and the Fire

Livestream: How I Create recommended Olympus Fellowship 2020

Foam Talent 2020 Digital

foam invites

Paolo CirioArtist of the Post-Panopticon Era

On My Mind: Wala’adin Abdurahaman by Faiz Abubakr

Test of Time: American Gothic by Gordon Parks

Test of Time: South Body by Carlos Martiel

Opening Ajamu X Us in the Frame

Test of Time: Gaza Beach by Samar Abu Elouf

Test of Time: La république by Mohamed Bourouissa

Test of Time: Cursed by Charlie Engman

On My Mind: The Rivera Bad Girls by Janette Beckman

Foam Talent 2024 | Frankfurt

Next Level: Paolo Cirio

Next Level: Sara Cwynar

Blind Spots

Tracing identity and championing untold histories.

Images about images: reflecting on the works of Sara Cwynar

Foam Talent 2022

Announcing the new Foam Talents

What happens when we listen? A dinner with Salon Vin Naturel

Co Rentmeester Witnessing Life

Framing Sounds: Exploring Sonic Influence with Sakir Khader, Diaspora Radio & Karmel Sabri

Museumnacht Amsterdam 2023

Next Level: Sara Cwynar S/S 23

Food tasting and tour through Cooking Potato Stories

Sofia Borges: Film premiere of The Fossil, the Eye and the Fire

Livestream: How I Create recommended Olympus Fellowship 2020

Foam Talent 2020 Digital

Paolo Cirio
Artist of the Post-Panopticon Era

Next Level: Sara Cwynar
S/S 23