They say that a picture tells a thousand words, but Roger Ballen disagrees. The 66-year-old photographer is a consummate professional when it comes to communicating through his visuals. However, there’s a stark difference between the average vacation selfie and the compelling, provocative and broody images captured by the influential photographic artist. The difference is that […]
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Enter Roger Ballen’s Dark Subconscious in ‘Theatre of Apparitions’
Today Roger Ballen, the South African photographer and unofficial zef lord who helped cement Die Antwoord’s dark aesthetic, premieres a ghastly new film exclusively on The Creators Project.
Inner Mind
Theatre of the Mind
The House Project
Brescia, Italy Galleria Massimo Mini presents The House Project created by Roger Ballen in collaboration with Italian curator Didi Bozzini. The exhibition is set up in the spaces of Inlimbo Arte, an independent curatorial team, based at Palazzo Mondini in Brescia. Starting from the metaphor of the mind as a House, Roger Ballen organizes images that […]
Roger Ballen’s Theatre of the Mind
Presenting Roger Ballen’s latest video Roger Ballen’s Theatre of the Mind. A psychological thriller set in a zone between sanity and insanity, dream and reality, the film takes Ballen’s work to the next level.
Resurrected
Resurrected is the title of a House that used to be deep inside the Finnish Forest. Photographer and artist Roger Ballen was invited to transform this House to portray his unique aesthetic.
Roger Ballen joins Gallery MOMO, Johannesburg, South Africa
We are proud to announce that Roger Ballen is the newest member of the Gallery MOMO family. Please visit: http://www.gallerymomo.com/ for more details.
Roger Ballen House: Serlachius Museum, Mantta Finland
Renowned photographer Roger Ballen was recently invited to transform a house from the forest in Mantta, Finland. The house was later reinstalled at the Serlachius Museum. See installation shots on Roger Ballen’s Facebook page.