| | | |  | | | | Donavon Smallwood: from the series "Languor" © Donavon Smallwood | | | | | Foam Talent 2022 | | | | | | | 17 February ‐ 14 May 2023 | | | | Visiting the exhibition is possible as part of guided tours, on the "Open Saturday" on 25 March 2023 as well as on the occasion of "Night of the Museums" on 13 May 2023. | | |  | | | | | | | | | |  | | | | Yushi Li and Steph Wilson: "The Feast, Inside" from the series "Paintings, Dreams and Love" © Yushi Li and Steph Wilson | | | | | | The Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation presents the group exhibition "Foam Talent 2022". The show is part of a cooperation with the Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam Foam. It comprises photographic, film-based and installative works by 20 contemporary photographers from 14 nations. The artists were selected as part of Foam's young talent programme, which the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation is supporting since 2017. The artistic positions presented in the exhibition are distinguished by the innovative use of the medium of photography and deal with essential issues of our time.
With unsparing openness, the artists dare to critically question ideological structures and deconstruct the resulting political, social, and ecological consequences for the planet, humanity, and the individual. They thereby provide intimate insights into the realities of their lives, connect personal experience to an overall social context, and confront visitors with their own position within a globalized world. Current discourses find their way into the exhibition, including the challenges of climate change, issues of identity, gender and body, discrimination, displacement as well as the far-reaching consequences of a capitalist economy. All works presented are characterized by their unique visual language while illustrating the current state as well as future trends and themes of contemporary photography. | | | | | |  | | | | Donja Nasseri: from the series "Woman, who could be King" © Donja Nasseri | | | | | | In her series Paintings, Dreams and Love, artist Yushi Li explores the concept of the gaze, the established ways of looking at art and the relationship between subject and object. With reference to Greek mythology, the artist stages detailed portraits and group photographs in which the naked male body becomes an object of desire. Li’s œuvre revolves around sex, gender, and eroticism, but also addresses questions of intimacy and vulnerability. The artist Olgaç Bozalp explores the significance of home and cultural identity as well as the many reasons for flight and migration in his series Home: Leaving One for Another. Bozalp combines a documentary style with staged motifs that reflect his own experiences as a migrant and oscillate between nostalgia and displacement.
In a disturbingly humorous way, Diego Moreno shows how the overpowering presence of the Catholic Church in his youth shaped his ideas about sexuality and family. For his series Malign Influences/The Holy Mountains he draws on family photos and archive material which he alienates with colored pencils, graphite, and ink. In his series Inner Journey, Marvel Harris documents the process of his gender transition in poignant black-and-white images. Capturing the traces of manifold physical changes as they unfold, the artist delves deep into the emotional complexity of his journey. | | | | | |  | | | | Marvel Harris: from the series "Inner Journey" © Marvel Harris | | | | | | The exhibition was curated by Foam and shown in Amsterdam for the first time. "Foam Talent 2022" is complemented by an extensive digital presentation that comprises all artistic positions and offers further information in form of texts, podcasts and videos.
As part of the cooperation with Foam and with each edition of the Foam Talent programme, the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation acquires works by one of the artists for the Art Collection Deutsche Börse. This year, selected photographs from the series Inner Journey by Dutch artist Marvel Harris were purchased. | | | | | |  | | | | Olgaç Bozalp, from the series "Home: Leaving One for Another" © Olgaç Bozalp | | | | | | The Foam Funding Programme
Every two years, the Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam Foam invites talented young photographers between the ages of 18 and 40 to submit their portfolios via a Talent Call. The selected artists are subsequently supported by a comprehensive promotion programme, including the publication in the Talent issue of the Foam magazine, exhibitions in Amsterdam, Eschborn and other locations such as Berlin or London, as well as networking and mentoring events. In addition, the artists get the opportunity for their work to be added to the renowned Art Collection Deutsche Börse. In this year's edition of Foam Talents, 1,938 artists from 85 countries applied. Since its founding in 2007, the programme has firmly established itself in the contemporary photography scene, offering young artists a springboard for their future careers while bringing the latest developments in contemporary photography to the forefront. | | | | | | unsubscribe here
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