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✨ Have you visited FASHION by Paul Kooiker yet? Come and see until 12 February 2023 at Foam. Tickets via tickets.foam.org
Paul Kooiker's photography transcends classic gender roles: his models adopt unusual poses and their faces are often left out of frame, obscuring their identity. At times, it is not even clear whether the subject is human or a doll.
Untitled, 2019 © Paul Kooiker.
✨ Join us for the official opening of House of Bo***ge by Ernest Cole on 26 January from 17.30 until 21.00 hrs at Foam!
Register for free via go.foam.org/opening-ernest-cole
The exhibition will be opened in the presence of Leslie Matlaisane and James Sanders, representatives of the Ernest Cole Family Trust and includes parts of Cole's archive, which had long been considered lost.
New York City, USA, 1971 © Ernest Cole / Magnum Photos.
💥 Join the next interactive tour through FASHION by Paul Kooiker on Thursday 26 January from 19.30 hrs. Are you under 25? Signing up for this tour will give you free access to the museum.
Sign up via go.foam.org/FFTKooiker
The tour guides of Foam Forward all participated in a long-term educational project at Foam. The students have a big heart for Foam and feel it is important to take visitors through the exhibition in their own refreshing way.
Paul Kooiker - FASHION, 2022 © Foam. Video by Vast Array Films.
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Sonata: #26 (Olive Groves: Variation 3), 2021
From the series Sonata
Archival pigment print
297 x 420 mm (paper size)
Edition of 10 + 2AP
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👀 Views from FASHION by Paul Kooiker.
Come and see until 12 February at Foam. Tickets via go.foam.org/paulkooiker 👠
“Fashion” is a concept that represents what is trending at the moment. Paul Kooiker’s fashion photography, on the other hand, is characterised by its timelessness. The artist portrays the biggest fashion brands and today’s most famous faces, but transports them to a world of their own. Disconnected from time and place, his surreal images feel like film stills with stories we can only guess.
Paul Kooiker - FASHION, 2022 © Foam. Photo: Christian van der Kooy.
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Foam Magazine 63: FOOD! The Nourishing Issue
- Out on 26 January. Order via go.foam.org/fm63-food 💫
You are what you eat! Food fuels us, heals us, and connects us. However, the subject also raises questions around sustainability, labour, exploitation, and politics. In this issue of Foam Magazine we look at how food drives us apart, brings us together and moves us forward — all at the same time.
Cover image: Sunil and Sulbha Dhiwar, with Tanmay, Tejasvi, Sourabh, Prachi and Vivek from the Goody family archive, 2002. Image from the series Eat with Great Delight © Rajyashri Goody, courtesy of the artist.
✨ Join us for the opening of House of Bo***ge by Ernest Cole on 26 January from 17.30 until 21.00 hrs at Foam!
Register for free via go.foam.org/ernestcole
The exhibition will be opened in the presence of Leslie Matlaisane and James Sanders, representatives of the Ernest Cole Family Trust Foam and includes parts of Cole's archive, which had long been considered lost.
South Africa, 1960s © Ernest Cole / Magnum Photos.
👇️ Doll or human?
Paul Kooiker's photography transcends classic gender roles: his models adopt unusual poses and their faces are often left out of frame, obscuring their identity. At times, it is not even clear whether the subject is human or a doll.
✨ Come and see FASHION by Paul Kooiker until 12 February 2023. Tickets via tickets.foam.org
Untitled, 2021 © Paul Kooiker.
✨ Count down: only 3 days left to visit Foam Talent 2022!
Come and see until 18 January at Foam. Tickets via tickets.foam.org
Kata Geibl's constructed images are symbolically charged and interrogate the global issues that stem from capitalism and how we perceive our contemporary social, political and economic system.
Image from the series There Is Nothing New Under the Sun / See Daylight © Kata Geibl, courtesy of the artist.
💥 Seems like only yesterday that we were getting ready for FASHION by Paul Kooiker...
“Fashion” is a concept that represents what is trending at the moment. Paul Kooiker’s fashion photography, on the other hand, is characterised by its timelessness. The artist portrays the biggest fashion brands and today’s most famous faces, but transports them to a world of their own. Disconnected from time and place, his surreal images feel like film stills with stories we can only guess.
✨ Come and see FASHION by Paul Kooiker until 12 February 2023. Tickets via tickets.foam.org
✨ Coming soon: House of Bo***ge by Ernest Cole.
On view from 27 January 2023 at Foam. Tickets via go.foam.org/ernestcole
Foam proudly presents an overview of the work of South African photographer Ernest Cole. The photographer is celebrated for his tireless documentation of Black lives in South Africa under apartheid: a regime of institutionalised racial segregation that was in effect from 1948 to the early 1990s. The exhibition includes parts of his archive, which had long been considered lost.
South Africa, 1960s © Ernest Cole / Magnum Photos.
👠 Have you visited FASHION by Paul Kooiker yet?
Come and see until 12 February 2023 at Foam. Tickets via tickets.foam.org
“Fashion” is a concept that represents what is trending at the moment. Paul Kooiker’s fashion photography, on the other hand, is characterised by its timelessness. The artist portrays the biggest fashion brands and today’s most famous faces, but transports them to a world of their own. Disconnected from time and place, his surreal images feel like film stills with stories we can only guess.
Untitled, 2020 © Paul Kooiker.
💥 Only 5 days left to visit Foam Talent 2022. Come and see until 18 January at Foam. Tickets via tickets.foam.org
Gender, desire and eroticism are central to Yushi Li’s work. In Paintings, Dreams and Love, Li muses on spectatorship in classical paintings by making Western men her subjects. She places herself into the reconstructed scenes as a way to intervene with existing representations and recreate her own portrayal of desire.
Image from the series Paintings, Dreams and Love © Yushi Li, courtesy of the artist.
✨ Which image from the exhibition FASHION by Paul Kooiker stood out the most for you?
Paul Kooiker portrays the biggest fashion brands and today’s most famous faces, but transports them to a world of their own. Disconnected from time and place, his surreal images feel like film stills with stories we can only guess.
👠 Come and see until 12 February at Foam. Tickets via go.foam.org/paulkooiker
Paul Kooiker - FASHION, 2022 © Foam. Photo: Christian van der Kooy.
✨ Have you visited Theatre of Broken Memories by Bebe Blanco Agterberg yet?
Come and see until 5 March at Foam 3h. Tickets via go.foam.org/Agterberg
Theatre of Broken Memories examines how Spain dealt with its violent history and how 'forgetting' was used as a political tool in order to move on trom the past. It is part of the larger project A Mal Tempo, Buena Cara (In bad weather, a good face') that Agterberg has been working on for the past three years.
Foam 3h: Bebe Blanco Agterberg - Theatre of Broken Memories, 2022 © Foam. Photo: Christian van der Kooy.
✨ Last chance to visit Foam Talent 2022!
Come and see until 18 January at Foam. Tickets via go.foam.org/talent22
The works in Foam Talent 2022 are based on how they connect to timely subjects and the ways in which they push forward the medium of photography. In his projects Malign Influences / The Holy Mountains, Diego Moreno attempts to create new realities, invented from his fascination with the atypical and anomalous through the manual use of coloured pencils, graphite, Indian ink, markers, oil, or materials such as bleach and vinegar.
Image from the series Malign Influences / The Holy Mountains © Diego Moreno, courtesy of the artist.
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All works in the exhibition FASHION are shot with an iPhone. At a time when everyone photographs with their smartphone, Paul Kooiker uses precisely this tool to create a parallel world that is apparently detached from it and that cannot be copied.
✨ Come and see FASHION by Paul Kooiker. Come and see until 12 February 2023. Tickets via go.foam.org/paulkooiker
Untitled, 2021 © Paul Kooiker.
👀 Which iconic fashion names have you spotted in the exhibition FASHION?
Paul Kooiker brings together a large variety of images from his fashion commissions to create an encompassing installation that works much like a hall of mirrors: it freezes the breakneck speed of the fashion industry and reveals the absurdity of human vanity and desire.
✨ Come and see FASHION by Paul Kooiker until 12 February 2023. Tickets via tickets.foam.org
💎 Last tickets: join the film screening + talk with curator and writer Ariella Aïsha Azoulay on 18 January at 19:00 hrs at Foam.
Reserve your tickets via go.foam.org/ariella-azoulay
Azoulay's newest film 'the world like a jewel in the hand – unlearning imperial plunder II' is about the mass colonial plunder of Africa and how objects are held captive in museums and archives outside of their origin.
Film still from the world like a jewel in the hand, 2022 © Ariella Aïsha Azoulay.
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A big thanks to everyone who participated in our giveaway and shared your favourite images of the exhibition FASHION by Paul Kooiker! We have selected two winners and we will get in touch with you via messenger so you can claim your prize 👀
👠 Come and see FASHION by Paul Kooiker until 12 February 2023. Tickets via tickets.foam.org
✨ In the series There Is Nothing New Under the Sun, images filled with symbolic references are used to visualise effects of a capitalist society.
🍃 Part of Foam Talent 2022. Come and see until 18 January at Foam. Tickets via tickets.foam.org
Image from the series There Is Nothing New Under the Sun / See Daylight © Kata Geibl, courtesy of the artist.
Like an optical illusion, a memory can also be manipulated or distorted: by your own brain, but in some cases also by external factors. This is what forms the starting point for Bebe Blanco Agterberg's images where a visual tension is felt that Agterberg manages to capture in an almost surreal and sometimes apocalyptic way.
✨ Come and see Theatre of Broken Memories by Bebe Blanco Agterberg until 5 March 2023. Tickets via tickets.foam.org
© Bebe Blanco Agterberg, 2020.
🚬 What did Paul Kooiker use to create the smoke coming out of this sweater? Wrong answers only!
“Fashion” is a concept that represents what is trending at the moment. Paul Kooiker’s fashion photography, on the other hand, is characterised by its timelessness. The artist portrays the biggest fashion brands and today’s most famous faces, but transports them to a world of their own. Disconnected from time and place, his surreal images feel like film stills with stories we can only guess.
✨ Come and see FASHION by Paul Kooiker until 12 February 2023. Tickets via tickets.foam.org
✨ +1 in the comments if visiting more museums is one of your resolutions for 2023! See you at Foam?
Home: Leaving One for Another by Olgaç Bozalp approaches the theme of migration and explores the disparate, multiple and complex reasons behind it. Drawing upon his personal history as a migrant, Bozalp creates and elaborates visual narratives telling the many stories and histories behind such a choice.
🍃 Part of Foam Talent 2022. Come and see until 18 January at Foam. Tickets via tickets.foam.org
Image from the series Home: Leaving One for Another © Olgaç Bozalp, courtesy of the artist.
Paul Kooiker's photography transcends classic gender roles: his models adopt unusual poses and their faces are often left out of frame, obscuring their identity. At times, it is not even clear whether the subject is human or a doll.
✨ Come and see FASHION by Paul Kooiker until 12 February 2023. Tickets via tickets.foam.org
Untitled, 2019 © Paul Kooiker.
💥 What was your favourite exhibition at Foam in 2022?
Here are the images you liked the most:
1. Image from the series Paintings, Dreams and Love © Yushi Li and Steph Wilson, courtesy of the artists.
2. Untitled, 2020 © Paul Kooiker.
3. Luv Ryders, 2021 © Mous Lamrabat / Loft Art Gallery.
4. Untitled, 2019 © Paul Kooiker.
5. Image from the series Paintings, Dreams and Love © Yushi Li, courtesy of the artist.
🥂 Wishing you a happy New Year from everyone at Foam - see you in 2023!
✨ Have you visited FASHION by Paul Kooiker yet? Come and see until 12 February 2023 at Foam. Tickets via tickets.foam.org
“Fashion” is a concept that represents what is trending at the moment. Paul Kooiker’s fashion photography, on the other hand, is characterised by its timelessness. The artist portrays the biggest fashion brands and today’s most famous faces, but transports them to a world of their own. Disconnected from time and place, his surreal images feel like film stills with stories we can only guess.
✨ GIVEAWAY! Would you like to win a poster of the exhibition FASHION by Paul Kooiker for you and a friend?
You have probably already spotted some of our campaign images around Amsterdam... Let us know which one you like best in the comments below and tag a friend in need of new wall decoration for a chance to win!
👀 The winner will be announced in the first week of January, so keep an eye out on your messages.
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✨ Who's excited about Museumnacht Amsterdam?! Learn more about our programme via go.foam.org/museumnacht22 Visit Foam during Museumnacht Amsterdam on 5 November and participate in a number of fun and engaging activities. Join one of the surprise performances by artists of Meervaart Studio, listen to the exclusive playlist by DJ Disco Arabesquo, or take your own portrait inspired by our current exhibitions: step into the colourful utopia of Mous Lamrabat or get to work with the visual language of this year's Foam Talents. #foamamsterdam #museumnacht
💥 Come and celebrate the opening of Foam Talent 2022 on 15 September! Register for free via go.foam.org/rsvp-talent22 Foam proudly presents the work of a new generation of artists in the group exhibition Foam Talent 2022. The exhibition will be opened on 15 September in the presence of many talents. Join us from 18.30 until 22.00 hrs for this festive opening with free entrance, drinks and music by Gyatso. #foamtalent #foamtalent2022 #foamamsterdam
NOW LIVE ✨ Check out the project Counter-Surveillance: H2 by Artists + Allies x Hebron, curated by Adam Broomberg until 11 September via go.foam.org/Counter-Surveillance The livestream is part of a community-based project in the city of Hebron, Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT). The olive tree symbolizes the resilience of the Palestinian people in their ongoing resistance to living under Israeli military oppression. #foamamsterdam #artistsallieshebron #palestine #hebron #adambroomberg
We're now presenting “Counter-Surveillance: H2”, a project by Artists + Allies x Hebron, curated by Adam Broomberg. Go to foam.org for more info and the livestream ✨ “[...] It is an opportunity to demonstrate solidarity by ensuring that these courageous residents and their heroic acts are not only surveilled but also seen.” – Quote by Adam Broomberg. “Counter-Surveillance: H2” is presented by Bonniers Konsthall (SE), Nitja (NO), FOAM (NL), and SI Fest (IT) and will be live until 11 September.
🇪🇺 OUT NOW Foam Magazine 62: M/OTHERLANDS Order via shop.foam.org The works and words in m/otherlands – the transnational issue explore the ways in which identity intersects and conflicts with nationalism and the idea of the nation-state within the European context. Are we able to navigate the complex intersection between identity politics and identitarian movements in today’s Europe? Cover image: Untitled / After Courbet (L’origine du monde), 2004, Colour photograph, 46 x 55 cm © Tanja Ostojić and David Rych. Photo by David Rych. #foammagazine #fm62 #photography
Listen to a new podcast episode of Foam Talks: For the Record with Anton Shebetko, Karol Radziszewski and Jim van Geel. Link: go.foam.org/foamtalks Foam Talks welcomes Anton Shebetko (Ukraine, 1990) and Karol Radziszewski (Poland, 1980), artists who have striven to retrace and document the lives of queer communities in Eastern Europe. Hosted by curator Jim van Geel, they reflect on how mediums such as photography have created a path to access previously unrecorded moments of joy, passion and defiance. #foamamsterdam #antonshebetko #karolradziszewski #photography #foamtalks #queer #lgbtqia
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