AMSTERDAM/ DAISUKE YOKOTA & WILLIAM EGGLESTON / FOAM MUSEUM
Thursday, May 04, 2017
Foam Museum presents:
Matter by Daisuke Yokota and Los Alamos by William Eggleston
Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam hosts two exhibitions worth seeing.
The first one, located on the ground floor is that of the Japanese photographer Daisuke Yokota. The Matter is three room-filling installations which revolve around the tactical aspects of photography. The photographer focuses on the outcome of the artwork which in this case is not determined by the camera but by experiments with the material forms of the medium. In his previous artistic practices, Yokota would re-use the images taken years ago and would represent them in different ways through various analogue processes. In this exhibition, the photographer reinvents the physical photo print and film and not the image.
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| Daisuke Yokota |
"Matter" refers to all the photographic material, the roll of film, the hard disk, the negative, the printing paper and the computer monitor. Yokota is trying to focus the attention on the "body" of the photography. He seems to distort our perception of photography with this work. With this exhibition, the artist reveals his philosophy of photography and provides to the audience the chance to rethink how to relate to the medium.
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| Daisuke Yokota |
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| Daisuke Yokota The artist takes countless pictures which are saved on his hard disk. He is asked to choose a few among them, those photos will be offered in sale for a limited edition. With the pieces of this exhibition, Daisuke raises the question of what is the element that makes a photograph valuable. Is it the size, the quality of the paper, the number of copies or the sentimental value? Yokota was chosen as the winner of the Foam Paul Huf award. Works from his series Site/Cloud were presented in a solo exhibition in 2014 at Foam. In 2013 his work was featured in the Talent Issue of Foam Magazine. Foam is hosting the Matter from March 17- 4 June 2017 |
"Los Alamos" by William Eggleston
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| William Eggleston En Route to New Orleans, 1971–1974, from the series Los Alamos, 1965–1974 © Eggleston Artistic Trust 2004 / Courtesy David Zwirner, New York/London |
"Los Alamos" is the portfolio of Eggleston's photographs taken on his trips to south America between 1966 and 1974. This exhibition hosts the first coloured photographs of the artist. Eggleston is considered as one of the leading photographers the last decades.
The artist focuses on ordinary objects of America's everyday life and transforms them into a photogenic subject. The photos are exceptional and travel the audience back in time in south America of late 60's early 70's. Memphis, the hometown of the photographer and the Mississippi Delta are the starting point of Los Alamos. Eggleston continues his road trip to New Orleans, Las Vegas, south Carolina ending at Santa Monica Pier.
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| William Eggleston |
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| William Eggleston |
The artist depicts in his photographs the south American daily life. His love for cars and gas stations as well as for food and drinks advertising is obvious through this portfolio.Eggleston decided to name this series Los Alamos as part of this road trip was also New Mexico where the nuclear bomb was developed in secret.
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| William Eggleston |
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| William Eggleston |
The photographer's love for America and the way he portrays with his camera the American lifestyle will make for sure travel back in the American wide roads, full of billboards and experience another era.
The exhibition is hosted from 17th of March until 7th of June 2017
You can buy your ticket at Foam and see both exhibitions
Tram 16 or 24 from Central Station, stop Muntplein
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