Structures of Identity – Photography from The Walther Collection 29 June – 29 August OPENING Thursday 28 June, 5.30pm “In the exhibition Structures of Identity, Foam presents a selection of photographic works from The Walther Collection. Structures of Identity examines how photographers have used portraiture to affirm or challenge social stereotypes constructed around notions of
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Thomas Albdorf: Room With a View 15 June – 9 September 2018 OPENING Thursday 14 June, 5.30pm “Thomas Albdorf (1982, Austria) combines classic photographic genres with contemporary visual techniques. His landscapes and still-lifes are boldly aesthetic, but his use of the photographic medium is highly conceptual. Using both analogue and digital techniques, Albdorf constructs fictional
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Samuel Gratacap – Les Invisibles 15 June – 9 September 2018 OPENING Thursday 14 June, 5.30pm “Foam presents a selection of Gratacap’s works made in various locations over the last ten years, from Lampedusa to Tunisia, Libya, and back to Europe via the Italian mainland. The exhibition comprises both photographs and videos, as well as
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Kirk Crippens & Gretchen LeMaistre: Live Burls 26 May until 15 September 2018 Opening – Saturday 26 May 2018, 16.00-19.00 “Redwood trees are living witnesses to our human history, sometimes existing for as long as three thousand years. Out of respect for their ancient heritage, and after an extended period of aggressive logging in the
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Gold and Silver 20 April – 10 June 2018 Opening Thursday 19 April, 5.30pm “Gold and Silver offers a modern-day look at the nineteenth century gold rush in the United States. Contemporary projections, nineteenth century daguerreotypes and albumen photographs allow you to travel along the rivers of California and across the snow-covered mountaintops of the
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Seydou Keïta – Bamako Portraits 6 April – 20 June 2018 “Seydou Keïta portrayed his fellow citizens in a way not seen by the outside world before. People came to his studio to have their picture taken at their best: wearing extravagant dresses made of wonderful textiles with splendidly formed headdress; or posing in a
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The Other Half – The Activist Photography of Jacob Riis 16 February – 15 April 2018 “In 1870, the Danish immigrant Jacob Riis (1849-1914) arrived in New York City, aged twenty-one and penniless. This background stimulated his concern for the poor living conditions of inhabitants of the city’s Lower East Side. In time, his concern
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Lucas Foglia- Human Nature 2 February – 15 April 2018 Opening The exhibition opens in the presence of the artist on Thursday 1 February 2018. You are welcome from 5.30 pm onwards. “Human Nature is a series of interconnected stories about nature, people, government, and the science of our relationship to wilderness. Lucas Foglia (b.
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Back to the Future The 19th Century in the 21st Century 19 January – 28 March 2018 ” an exhibition presenting the work of contemporary artists who use photographic techniques, methods and processes that trace back to those used by nineteenth Century photographers. These artists not only draw inspiration from those pioneering years, but also
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