| | | |  | | | | © Carlijn Jacobs | | | | | | | 6 October 2023 – 21 January 2024 | | | On Images, Fashion and AI: In Conversation with Carlijn Jacobs and Alessia Glaviano
on Friday 6 October at 18.30 hrs at Foam. | | | Ara Güler » A Play of Light and Shadow | | | | ... until 8 November 2023 | | | | | | How to Love a Tree: Wild Encounters | | | | ... until 26 November 2023 | | | | | | | from 19 October 2023 MAQAM | | |  | | | Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam Keizersgracht 609 . 1017 DS Amsterdam
T +31 (0)20-5516500
[email protected]
www.foam.org
Mon-Wed 10am-6pm; Thu-Fri 10am-9pm; Sat-Sun 10am-6pm |  |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | |  | | | | Generated by DALL·E by OpenAI, prompt and photo © Carlijn Jacobs. | | | | | | Sleeping Beauty | | | | 6 October 2023 – 21 January 2024 | | | On Images, Fashion and AI: In Conversation with Carlijn Jacobs and Alessia Glaviano
Following the opening night, join us on Friday 6 September for a conversation with Carlijn Jacobs and Alessia Glaviano of PhotoVogue. They will dive into Jacobs' work, creative processes and the elements that make the work so intriguing.
→ Sign up to attend the talk on Friday 6 October at 18.30 hrs at Foam. | | | | Foam proudly presents the first solo exhibition of the internationally recognised fashion photographer Carlijn Jacobs. This Dutch talent works with today's leading brands and celebrities but manages to keep her images quirky and alienating. As a recent highlight, she photographed the album cover of Beyoncé's Renaissance. | | | | | |  | | | | © Carlijn Jacobs | | | | | | Masquerade
Carlijn Jacobs has a fascination with traditional forms of costume and disguise. She relates phenomena such as the Japanese geisha and the age-old tradition of the Venetian carnival to today's beauty and fashion scene dominated by social media, influencers and make-up tutorials.
Jacobs: "I am fascinated by the idea of the mask. You hide behind something and can become someone else. The whole fashion world is actually a form of escapism: you create a new persona. Changing looks and combining the existing with something non-existent is something that plays a big role in my work. 'Beautifying' reality, and thus shaping a world that does not yet exist."
The exhibition will consist of a combination of Jacobs’ commissioned work by various fashion brands and her own work that will premiere in this exhibition. She is also currently experimenting with Artificial Intelligence, which takes Jacobs' imagination to a peak: nothing is impossible yet. The images she manages to create via AI are like film stills of a strangely attractive nightmare. Sleeping Beauty is, therefore, like an invitation to a fairy tale in the subconscious, where anything is possible. On the occasion of this exhibition, Carlijn Jacobs invites Dutch artist and designer Sabine Marcelis to respond to her work by enriching the exhibition space with her designs, allowing Jacobs and Marcelis to create their ultimate dream world together. | | | | | |  | | | | © Carlijn Jacobs | | | | | | Fashion photography
Fashion photography is perhaps the one genre closest to the sign of the times while having the power to appeal directly to a broad audience without words. Sleeping Beauty by Carlijn Jacobs follows on from a series of pioneering exhibitions in recent years in which Foam has presented a new and established generation of international fashion photographers who manage to capture the spirit of the times in images through alternative approaches, including Harley Weir – Boundaries (2016), Tyler Mitchell – I Can Make You Feel Good (2019), the Foam Magazine issue and homonymous group exhibition Adorned – The Fashionable Show (2019/2020), Mous Lamrabat – Blessings from Mousganistan (2022) and most recently, Paul Kooiker –FASHION.
3h alumni
Sleeping Beauty by Carlijn Jacobs is part of the Foam 3h alumni series. Foam 3h is the exhibition space where recently graduated artists and photographers are invited to present their first museum solo exhibition. Foam believes it is important to keep track of the careers of its talents and, since 2016, has been programming an exhibition every year by a Foam 3h alumnus who has made a remarkable development. Carlijn Jacobs debuted at Foam 3h in 2016 in the exhibition PS – Carlijn Jacobs, Elizaveta Porodina and Philippe Vogelenzang as an emerging talent during the major Helmut Newton retrospective. Previous 3h alumni include Danielle van Ark, Lorenzo Vitturi and Awoiska van der Molen. | | | | | |  | | | | Generated by DALL·E by OpenAI, prompt and photo © Carlijn Jacobs. | | | | | | Carlijn Jacobs (1991, Groeningen, NL) studied photography at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam, where she gained early recognition for her particular take on mass culture. Although she is creating a name for herself in fashion photography, her style is timeless. She draws inspiration from the visual language of the 1980s and 1990s and merges different art styles in surprising ways. Her work is colourful and expressive, and the dark undertones of surrealism play a significant role. Contrary to the general trend of the fashion world, she says she strives not for perfection but for peculiarity. In 2021, Jacobs published her first monograph Mannequins with James Chester, at APE (Art Paper Editions). Simultaneously with the exhibition Sleeping Beauty at Foam, Jacobs will release a new book with APE. Her work has appeared in countless magazines, including Vogue, Vogue France, Vogue Italia, Dazed, Pop, D Repubblica, M le Monde and AnOther Magazine. She has created campaigns and images for Acne Studios, Chanel, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Versace, Loewe and Mugler, among others. Carlijn Jacobs is represented by Art + Commerce and is based in Paris.
Sleeping Beauty by Carlijn Jacobs is made possible by the Gieskes-Strijbis Fonds. | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | |  | | | Galata Docks, İstanbul, 1962
© Ara Güler / Ara Güler Museum. | | | | | | A Play of Light and Shadow | | | | ... until 8 November 2023 | | | | This summer Foam is thrilled to unveil the exhibition A Play of Light and Shadow, a tribute to Ara Güler, one of Turkey's most legendary photographers. His profound love for İstanbul and Turkey is evident from his evocative black and white photographs. The exhibition is a close collaboration between Foam, co-curator Ahmet Polat and the Ara Güler Museum. | | | | | | Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam Keizersgracht 609 . 1017 DS Amsterdam
T +31 (0)20-5516500
[email protected]
www.foam.org
Mon-Wed 10am-6pm; Thu-Fri 10am-9pm; Sat-Sun 10am-6pm | |
| | | | | |  | | | | Tophane, İstanbul, 1958 © Ara Güler / Ara Güler Museum. | | | | | | The exhibition provides the opportunity to explore iconic and unknown parts of Ara Güler’s oeuvre as a renowned photojournalist who captured the essence of Turkey and the world beyond. Through four sections, The Iconic, The Historic, The Ambassador, and The Personal, the visitor is immersed in Güler’s photographic practice from his iconic work as a photojournalist to his remarkable experimental work. Ara Güler A Play of Light and Shadow serves as a testament to Turkey's rich history and offers a glimpse into the ever-evolving Turkish identity.
Ara Güler (1928-2018) was a prominent photojournalist and a driving force in Turkish photography. Celebrated as ‘The Eye of İstanbul’, his poignant black and white images of this city’s inhabitants, streets and docks remain his most celebrated works. Ara Güler immortalized numerous famous artists and political figures throughout his illustrious career. | | | | | |  | | | | Old Galata Bridge, İstanbul, 1957 © Ara Güler / Ara Güler Museum. | | | | | | Kısmet, an initiative created and developed in close collaboration between Studio Polat and Foam. The multi-year project is inspired by longstanding cultural, diplomatic and economic ties between Turkey and the Netherlands. Kısmet delves into the diverse and intricate facets of Turkish visual culture, as seen through the lens of different generations of image makers.
Publication
The exhibition will also be accompanied by the publication A Play of Light and Shadow, with contributions from several specialists in the field. Hannibal Books is the publisher of this publication, which will be available at Foam and several bookstores.
The Ara Güler Museum and the Ara Güler Archives and Research Center
The Ara Güler Museum and the Ara Güler Archives and Research Center were established as a result of a partnership between Ara Güler and Doğuş Group. The mission of the Ara Güler Museum is to share Güler’s versatile artistic identity, inspiring life and esteemed archives with the widest possible audience. The museum aims to highlight and promote the visual, emotional and social impacts of his photography through local and international exhibitions, publications, events and collaborations. The Center works towards preserving the artist’s archives in the structure it was created during his lifetime and passing on his legacy to future generations. In addition to his photographic archive, the collection comprises Güler’s cameras, dark room equipment, books, diaries, correspondence, personal items and art collection. The Ara Güler Archives and Research Center conducts the digitization, indexing, classification, conservation and restoration of the archives. | | |
| | | | | | | | | |  | | | | A still from Wild Encounters, 2023 © Hira Nabi. | | | | | | How to Love a Tree: Wild Encounters | | | | ... until 26 November 2023 | | | How to Love a Tree: Wild Encounters is an ongoing investigation into the disappearance of ecosystems and environments rich in flora and fauna in Pakistan. Using varied forms of media including moving images, audio, text, performance, cyanotypes, silkscreen prints, and rubbings, Hira Nabi's project explores the complex connections between exploitation, history and identity.
"What happens during destruction? What does the aftermath entail? What does disappearance look like? What traces does it leave behind? What is the texture of rot, debris and ruins?"
- Hira Nabi | | | | | |  | | | | A still from Wild Encounters, 2023 © Hira Nabi. | | | | | | How to Love a Tree: Wild Encounters is an ongoing project launched in 2019. The individual chapters of the study highlight colonial influences and geographical changes with their lasting effects. Nabi's work comes about through her engagement with the environment situated in Pakistan: former colonial hill stations in and around the towns, villages and surrounding blue pine forests of Murree, and the Galiyat region.
Nabi sees these places as ecosystems that are crumbling, with a history marked by colonial rule. She focuses on making remnants of this painful past visible in what are now tourist destinations in the hills. Here, traces of exploitation mingle with expressions of capitalism, while the deterioration of the environment continues. | | | | | |  | | | | A still from Wild Encounters, 2023 © Hira Nabi. | | | | | | Hira Nabi is an emerging Pakistani artist and filmmaker. She confronts and challenges anthropocentric assumptions centred on humans, which are deeply rooted in (Western) art and philosophy. Through her focus on the environment and everyday stories, she seeks a greater interconnectedness through her art.
Her work has been featured in a number of group exhibitions including Colomboscope in 2019 and Lahore Biennale in 2018. Other venues where she has shown include: SAVVY Contemporary, Ashkal Alwan, Johann Jacobs Museum, Warehouse421, Extra City, MIT School of Architecture and Planning, and the New School, among many others. She has been featured at film festivals such as CPH:DOX, Sundance, AFI DOCS, Rencontres Internationales and Dokufest. She was awarded the 2020 Next Generation Prince Claus Award and was nominated for the IDA Short Documentary Award (2021) and the Han Nefkens Foundation Award (2020). She lives and works in Amsterdam and Lahore. | | |
| | | | | | | | | |  | | | Biggie, New York, NY 1996, contactsheet
© Dana Lixenberg, courtesy of the artist and
GRIMM Amsterdam | London | New York | | | | | | Tupac Biggie XXX MAQAM | | | | Opening: Thursday 19 October 18:00, MAQAM | | | | | | MAQAM Jan van Schaffelaarplantsoen 2 . 1061 DN Amsterdam
T +31 (0)20-5516500
www.foam.org |
| | | | | | In a special collaboration, Foam and MAQAM are proud to present Dana Lixenberg’s famed portraits of Tupac Shakur and Notorious BIG. The exhibition dives into these iconic images, with the space transformed by graphic artist Linda van Deursen. Come and see the series at MAQAM, a creative space in Amsterdam-West.
The exhibition dives into the ongoing evolution of the iconic images of Tupac Shakur and Notorious BIG – which have transcended various mediums, from heartfelt graffiti tributes to playful nods in animations like the Simpsons – and displays images from the eponymous book Tupac Biggie which include the contactsheets from Lixenberg’s shoots with the two iconic rappers. | | | | | | unsubscribe here
Newsletter was sent to [email protected]
© 5 October 2023 photography now UG (haftungsbeschränkt) i.G.
Ziegelstr. 29 . D–10117 Berlin
Editor: Claudia Stein & Michael Steinke
[email protected] . T +49.30.24 34 27 80 | | |
| |
|
|
