Iris Sikking

Met trots presenteren we drie gloednieuwe tentoonstellingen! Het was weer heerlijk werken met @willemijnvdzwaan @afrapeetoom @lilikurcz @kirstenmarije , Annemarie van den Eijkel en hele Foto- en Kunstmuseumteam💪🏼🫶🏼🙏🏻 Get @reshare_app • @margriet_schavemaker 🙌 Drie makers, drie werelden. Maar allemaal met een scherpe, onderzoekende blik op maatschappelijke verhoudingen. 📸 Letizia Battaglia toont de rauwe realiteit van het leven op Sicilië in de jaren ‘70 en ‘80 ten midden van de maffia. Met deze tentoonstelling brengen we een ode aan deze moedige fotograaf, activist en politica, die in 2022 overleed. 📸 Farren van Wyk onderzoekt de relatie tussen Zuid-Afrika en Nederland en wat dit betekent voor haar eigen identiteit. Zelf geboren in Zuid-Afrika en vanaf haar 6de opgegroeid in Putten, komen uiteenlopende culturele invloeden – Nederlandse, Zuid-Afrikaanse en de Afrikaanse diaspora - samen.  📸 Ruben Lundgren woont en werkt sinds een klein jaar weer in Nederland, maar de afgelopen twintig jaar speelde zijn leven zich af in China. Jaren die hem als persoon gevormd hebben, en waarin China een enorme ontwikkeling heeft doorgemaakt. En bij alle drie tentoonstellingen zijn ook prachtige boeken verschenen! Met dank aan @archivoplatform , @paolo__falcone , @farrenvwyk , @ruben.lundgren / @eriskayconnection en @fw.books voor de boeken/ @beritsmit voor het ontwerp van Farren van Wyk/ @amorv.nl voor het geweldige ontwerp van Letizia! Foto’s: Aad Hoogendoorn

📣📣📣📣 OPENING VRIJDAG 3 APRIL @fotomuseumdenhaag ✨ Vier met ons de opening van de tentoonstellingen: Letizia Battaglia Life, Love and Death in Sicily Farren van Wyk Mixedness is my Mythology Ruben Lundgren Flowers in the Mirror 📅 Vrijdag 3 april 2026 🕖 19:00 uur Programma 🕡 18:30 — Deuren open 🕖 19:00 — Officiële opening 🕢 19:30 — Tentoonstellingen open & borrel Info & aanmelden via link in bio! #fotomuseumdenhaag @paolo__falcone @iris.sikking @willemijnvdzwaan

📣📣This Saturday we will celebrate the launch of our precious book Generasi 3.0 - The Stories we Carry. You are welcome from 4pm 👌🏼@fotomuseumdenhaag The book and exhibition, on view till March 22nd, features works by Caja Boogers @sandercoers @yarajimmink @sebastiankoudijzer @tyler.koudijzer @ilvynjio @tromp_maarten @sekan @mirandakistler Texts @nienkecoers @gerlovvanengelenhoven @lara_nuberg Iris Sikking @margriet_schavemaker / Design @inedition_ / Publisher @japsambooks / Installation shots @christian_van_der_kooy How do you deal with a family history that is tightly interwoven with our colonial past? In the exhibition Generasi 3.0 - The Stories We Carry, nine photographers, artists and makers delve into their family histories, which are rooted in the former Dutch East Indies. The search for a better understanding of their origins transcends their individual journeys. Their stories contribute to a broader public debate about the centuries-long colonialization of the Indonesian archipelago by the Netherlands, touching on painful issues such as slavery, war and violence, and their legacy today. All the artists belong to the third generation: born in the Netherlands but with roots in the former colony. Their parents or grandparents were born in the archipelago or worked there and came to the Netherlands at some point in their lives, sometimes against their will. Now, with more distance from the painful events of the colonial period, this third generation is investigating the role their family’s past plays in their lives – and how it shapes who they are today.

📣📣📣📣 morgen laatste dag! Generasi 3.0 - de verhalen die wij dragen. Dank @nienkecoers @beritsmit @yarajimmink @tromp_maarten @cajaboogers @sebastiankoudijzer @tyler.koudijzer @sandercoers @ilvynjio @mirandakistler @sekan @margriet_schavemaker @inedition_ @japsambooks @lara_nuberg @gerlovvanengelenhoven , team Fotomuseum en Kunstmuseum, en vele anderen die dit project mogelijk maakten 🫶🏼

Nu te beluisteren openhartige gesprekken met de makers van de tentoonstelling Generasi 3.0 🎧 Deze aflevering met @sandercoers . De tentoonstelling is nog te zien tot 22 maart 2026 💫 in @fotomuseumdenhaag Met heel veel dank aan Neal Petersen en Malou Holshuijsen @radiopedis @omroepzwart

Nu te beluisteren openhartige gesprekken met de makers van de tentoonstelling Generasi 3.0 🎧 Deze aflevering met @sebastiankoudijzer en @tyler.koudijzer . De tentoonstelling is nog te zien tot 22 maart 2026 💫 in @fotomuseumdenhaag Met heel veel dank aan Neal Petersen en Malou Holshuijsen @radiopedis @omroepzwart

What a journey it has been this last year. For most of my life I answered questions about my unusual last name with: “I’m of Chinese descent, my grandfather is Chinese.” It is true, but it wasn’t the whole story. When Fotomuseum Den Haag invited me to take part in Generasi 3.0 – The Stories We Carry, I started digging into my own family history. What I found were bags full of photographs, albums and fragments of a past that had mostly remained unspoken in my family. My (grand)father rarely talked about it, a silence that many people with roots in the former Dutch East Indies will recognize. Through these images I rediscovered the story of my grandfather, who came to the Netherlands as a child from Indonesia and grew up in The Hague at a foster family, together with his brothers, sisters, and cousins. More than a century after one of the family photos was taken in the backyard of the house in The Hague, on the Laan van Meerdervoort, I returned to the same place to photograph a new generation of our Njiokiktjien family. (See image 7) My work in Generasi 3.0 is about that search, about what we inherit, what remains unsaid, and how the past continues to shape who we are. The show includes short and very personal audio documentaries made by Maarten Dallinga. It’s the last week to see the exhibition at Fotomuseum Den Haag. The show closes the 22nd of March. Curation by Iris Sikking Guest Curation Nienke Coers Design of Exhibtion: Berit Smit Collage Design: Dear sister Lody Njiokiktjien Audio Documentaries: Maarten Dallinga Overview image of exhibition: Christian Van Der Kooy

About six months ago, I moved to the Netherlands after spending half a lifetime in Beijing. It has been an exciting new chapter, stepping into my role as Senior Curator at the beautiful @nlfotomuseum , with inspiring projects already taking shape. At the same time, this transition has offered a unique moment for reflection: on photography, on China, and on myself. One personal and playful outcome of this all is Flowers in the Mirror, an upcoming exhibition curated by @iris.sikking at @fotomuseumdenhaag Today, I’m delighted to start the pre-sale of the accompanying photobook, beautifully designed by @robvanhoesel and published by @eriskayconnection . If you would like to reserve a copy of 🌷 Flowers in the Mirror 🪞 , simply send me a DM, text, or email. Pre-orders are open until the end of March. You can collect your book at the exhibition opening on April 3 in The Hague, or, if you’re unable to attend, I’ll gladly mail it to you afterwards. 🍾🫶❤️🙌🔥🎉🇨🇳📸✌️ Price: 42 EUR 320 × 230 mm 288 pages English Softcover Flowers in the Mirror presents a kaleidoscopic overview of Lundgren’s work, bringing together new projects, earlier series, found footage, and photographs from his personal archive. Through the layering of images, unexpected connections and combinations emerge. The title refers to the Chinese proverb “As the moon in the water and flowers in the mirror,” a metaphor describing something that seems clear but ultimately remains elusive. Together with Lundgren’s working method, the title underscores a central question of this publication: What is the relationship between photography and reality, and how do we record a culture that remains partially intangible? #eriskayconnection #fotomuseumdenhaag #photobook #photography #china

Nu te beluisteren openhartige gesprekken met de makers van de tentoonstelling Generasi 3.0 🎧 Deze aflevering met @tromp_maarten De tentoonstelling is nog te zien tot 22 maart 2026 💫 in @fotomuseumdenhaag Met heel veel dank aan Neal Petersen en Malou Holshuijsen @radiopedis @omroepzwart

Nu te beluisteren openhartige gesprekken met de makers van de tentoonstelling Generasi 3.0 🎧 Deze aflevering met @ilvynjio De tentoonstelling is nog te zien tot 22 maart 2026 💫 in @fotomuseumdenhaag Met heel veel dank aan Neal Petersen en Malou Holshuijsen @radiopedis @omroepzwart

Nu te beluisteren openhartige gesprekken met de makers van de tentoonstelling Generasi 3.0 🎧 Deze aflevering met @cajaboogers De tentoonstelling is nog te zien tot 22 maart 2026 💫 in @fotomuseumdenhaag Met heel veel dank aan Neal Petersen en Malou Holshuijsen @radiopedis @omroepzwart

Proud to present this amazing body of work in the selection of GENERASI 3.0 - The Stories we Carry, on show till March 22nd 💪🏼💫😊 Get @reshare_app • @sebastiankoudijzer GENERASI 3.0 at FOTOMUSEUM DEN HAAG Now open until March 22, 2026 Time flies, because it has already been more than a month since The Sugarcoated Venture (De Gesuikerde Onderneming) opened at @fotomuseumdenhaag ❤️ —— In the exhibition Generasi 3.0 - The Stories We Carry, nine photographers, artists and makers delve into their family histories, which are rooted in the former Dutch East Indies. The search for a better understanding of their origins transcends their individual journeys. Their stories contribute to a broader public debate about the centuries-long colonialization of the Indonesian archipelago by the Netherlands, touching on painful issues such as slavery, war and violence, and their legacy today. Curators: @iris.sikking @nienkecoers Thanks to @fotolabkiekie for printing and framing, @rauwstore for the woodwork with texts by Tyler, and @fotodok.nl & @breda_photo for the images taken from Stories of Migration. All the love to our family in Surinam who made this project possible ❤️ The photographic work is supported by @mondriaanfonds . 📷 Christian van der Kooy | @christian_van_der_kooy