"Dad on His Search for Hüseyin": A Photographic Journey by Visual Artist Olgaç Bozalp
Experience a father's travels and personal narrative through Olgaç Bozalp's vibrant, family album-style photography.
Visual artist Olgaç Bozalp presents "Dad on His Search for Hüseyin," a photographic exhibition following his father's travels. The series features colorful, overexposed snapshots, reminiscent of cherished family albums, capturing personal stories and sun-drenched memories. Bozalp's work thoughtfully explores themes of cultural identity and migration through his unique documentary style.
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Exhibition summary
This exhibition by visual artist Olgaç Bozalp follows his father on a photographic journey through various locations, capturing personal stories and adventures. The series is characterized by colorful, overexposed snapshots reminiscent of family albums, evoking the feeling of relief and sun-drenched memories from vacations.
Curatorial context
In 'Dad on His Search for Hüseyin,' visual artist Olgaç Bozalp uses his camera to follow his father, Hüseyin, on a journey across different locations. The resulting photo series captures the unique way his father travels, creating images that resonate with the personal, often colorful and overexposed snapshots found in family albums. These photographs convey the sense of temporary relief that vacations provide, marked by unexpected encounters and sun-drenched memories.
Olgaç Bozalp, born in Turkey in 1987, is a visual artist known for his fictional approach to documentary photography. His work investigates themes of travel, cultural identity, and migration, challenging traditional roles and promoting a more diverse understanding of concepts like Western and non-Western beauty, masculinity, and femininity. Bozalp was recognized as a Foam Talent in 2022, and his photographs have been featured in publications such as T Magazine, Dazed, and Le Monde, and exhibited internationally at venues including Aperture Gallery and the National Portrait Gallery.
Admission and ticket notes
This exhibition is presented at Foam Galerie Mercatorplein, a public space. Further details on visiting MAQAM, where another series by the artist is shown, indicate it can only be visited by appointment. Information on specific visiting details for Galerie Mercatorplein is not provided, but it is presented in collaboration with Stadsdeel Amsterdam-West.
Dad on His Search for Hüseyin key exhibition facts
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Venue
Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam
Current status
Open now
Exhibition schedule
From Jun 1, 2021
Artist line / attribution
Olgaç Bozalp is a visual artist whose photographic research explores travel, cultural identity, and migration, challenging traditional concepts of beauty and gender roles. He was a Foam Talent in 2022.
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