Back to the Future

The 19^th century in the 21^st century

19 January – 28 March 2018

Theo Simpson » Part and Whole

Winner Outset | Unseen exhibition Fund

19 January – 1 April 2018

The exhibitions open on Thursday 18 January 2018. You are welcome from 5.30pm onwards.

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Leaf buds, Working collage, before 1928 © Karl Blossfeldt Archiv / Stiftung Ann und Jürgen Wilde, Pinakothek der Moderne, München

Back to the Future

The 19^th century in the 21^st century

19 January – 28 March 2018

The exhibition opens on Thursday 18 January 2018. You are welcome from 5.30pm onwards.
Opening: foam.org/museum/programme/public-opening
Exhibition Back to the Future: foam.org/museum/programme/back-to-the-future

Back to the Future is 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 find surprising new ways to continue in that same tradition.

Today, photography’s current state is reminiscent of the early years of the medium, when the discipline had not yet found a definitive, standardised form, and the air was full of experimentation. Photography nowadays is likewise characterised by an open-minded mentality that invites all sorts of disciplinary cross-overs and experiments. There is also an interest in the physical production process and the material qualities of the work. The artists featured in the exhibition use the original principles of photography – light, a photosensitive carrier, emulsion and chemical processes – but they also make use of modern tools such as computers and 3D printers. Their deliberate experimentation results in radically new works of art, in which photography merges with other disciplines such as sculpture and painting. These works echo the techniques and processes discovered by nineteenth-century pioneers and enter into a surprising dialogue.

Stepping Stone Falls 2016 (Triptych) © Matthew Brandt / Courtesy Yossi Milo Gallery New York

The exhibition includes work by: Anna Atkins (GB), Sylvia Ballhause (DE), Karl Blossfeldt (DE), Matthew Brandt (US), Alfred Brothers (GB), Henry Brothers (FR), S.W. Burham (US), William England (SCT), Sam Falls (US), Spiros Hadjidjanos (GR), Thomas Hauser (FR), Nicolai Howalt (DK), Adam Jeppesen (DK), Thomas Mailaender (FR), James Nasmyth (SCT), Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs (CH), Johan Österholm (CH), Jaya Pelupessy & Felix van Dam (NL), Lewis M. Rutherford (US), Warren de la Rue (GB), Nils Strindberg (SE), Simon van Til (NL) and several anonymous artists.

Artist Talk Matthew Brandt | 19 January
In the opening weekend of the exhibition one of these artists, Matthew Brandt, will be talking about his practice during an Artist Talk, on Friday 19 January from 7pm to 8.30pm. More information: : foam.org/museum/programme/artist-talk-matthew-brandt

Foam Magazine #49
The brand new issue of Foam Magazine with the same name and theme #49: Back to the Future was just published and is available in the Foam Bookshop

The exhibited works are generously lent by the Rijksmuseum, Pinakothek der Moderne / Ann and Jürgen Wilde Foundation, Moderna Museet, The Archive of Modern Conflict, The New Carlsberg Foundation and from various galleries and private lenders.

This exhibition is an initiative by Foam in collaboration with C/O Berlin. An adapted version of the exhibition will be on display at C/O Berlin, Germany, from September to December 2018.
Foam thanks Stichting Foam Friends and Foam Fund for their generous support of this exhibition.

Steel strata Mk 1 © Theo Simpson / Webber Gallery, London
Layered hand polished / spray painted laser cut 18 – gauge cold rolled steel sheet
(Rover Group Silk green MET body colour / BL Cars Moonraker blue MET body colour)
in internally polished mild steel angle iron case 555 x 445 x 20mm

Theo Simpson »

Part and Whole

Winner Outset | Unseen exhibition Fund

19 January – 1 April 2018

The exhibition opens on Thursday 18 January 2018 in the presence of the artist. You are welcome from 5.30pm onwards.
Opening: foam.org/museum/programme/public-opening
Exhibition Theo Simpson: foam.org/museum/programme/theo-simpson

During Unseen Amsterdam 2017, Theo Simpson (b. 1986, UK) was selected by an international jury as the recipient of the Outset | Unseen Exhibition Fund. Foam presents his forthcoming exhibition at Foam. Theo Simpson’s work stands out for its unique visual language, which combines photography with alternate forms of material expression such as sculpture and site-specific work. Simpson uses his own local landscape of Northern England as the starting point for an exploration of the dynamic interactions between ideologies, economies, industries and environments.

Timing marks / GM180 Flywheel © Theo Simpson / Webber Gallery, London
Silkscreen print on hand polished 18 – gauge cold rolled steel
(British Leyland Cashmere Gold MET body colour / laquer)
in spray painted (Grey 02 SOL) mild steel angle iron cases 560 x 450 x 20mm

Part and Whole features a selection of his most recent works, a number of which premieres at Foam. This includes the site-specific sculpture Helical Column, made out of construction materials usually not visible, but part of internal structures. In his work, Theo Simpson creates a dialogue between the past and the present, reconsidering personal and cultural myths, dreams, losses and promises referring to the industrial past of his surroundings, opening up a space where a new dialogue can begin.

Foam 3h: Theo Simpson - Part and Whole is made possible by the Gieskes-Strijbis Fund, the Van Bijlevelt Foundation and Outset Netherlands. With special thanks to Webber Gallery, London.

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

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