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Disturbing projections. Roger Ballen and Joel-Peter Witkin, Antinomies, Writes and Images

The closeness between the works of Joel-Peter Witkin and Roger Ballen’s works trigger other gloomy other gloomy that create tuned dissonances. The atmosphere of a photograph penetrates the other that is placed next door, even at a distance of thousands of kilometers and years. The thread that links the images of the two American artists […]

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Roger Ballen & Joel-Peter Witkin: The Uncanny Lens / La Lente Inquietante | Castel Ivano, Musee Magazine

The Uncanny Lens pairs the two artisans together in a way that only compliments the nuances of each other’s work. Staged elegantly amidst the classical setting of Italy’s Castel Ivano, the exhibition takes sixty works from the two artists and examines them together; there is no competition. Ballen and Wilkin are two differently-toned voices telling […]

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Castel Ivano : Roger Ballen & Joel-Peter Witkin : The Uncanny Lens / La Lente Inquietante, THE EYE OF PHOTOGRAPHY, L’oeil de la Photographie

The Uncanny Lens / La Lente Inquietante is an exhibition aimed at showcasing the photographic works of two renowned artistic figures, Joel-Peter Witkin and Roger Ballen. Both artists are known for their distinctive and unconventional approaches to black-and-white photography, the human condition, the human psyche and the grotesque. The proposed exhibition seeks to encourage an […]

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Roger Ballen Takes Us Into ‘The Void’, Feature Shoot

As part of Call of the Void, an exhibition at Museum Tinguely in Basel, Ballen presents photographs from two bodies of work, Asylum of the Birds and Roger’s Rats. The images include drawings, people, animals, and objects, arranged to create a single, cohesive whole.  Ballen’s work is exhibited next to Mengele—Dance of Death by Jean […]

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Photographers on Photographers: Suzanne T. White in Conversation with Roger Ballen, Lens/cratch, 1 August 2023

The concept of the ‘void’ has captivated me since my early 20’s.  It is an existentialist idea that ignites questions such as: What is my purpose? Where am I going? What am I doing? Does my work have meaning?  Absurdity is another crucial aspect of my work.  I’ve been involved in ‘Theater of the Absurd’ […]

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