Maverick Life BOOK EXCERPT Spirits and Spaces: An exploration of the human psyche Roger Ballen: Spirits and Spaces creates a world where animals and art brut-like drawings dominate, and humanity is reduced to obscure figures or fragmented body parts. By Roger Ballen 11 May 2026 Roger Ballen: Spirits and Spaces. (Images: Thames and Hudson) Roger Ballen’s latest publication, Spirits and Spaces, is a photobook presenting universes that are

Superman, 2018 The unsettling and profoundly unique universe of Roger Ballen lands at the Museum Dr. Guislain from April 4 to September 13 with the exhibition Roger Ballen. Drawing meets Photography , a proposal that invites you to immerse yourself in one of the most radical perspectives in contemporary art. Entering this exhibition is like crossing a threshold into the human psyche. Its images—confusing, recognizable, absurd, and yet disturbingly real—are not simply observe

The retrospective exhibition “Shadows of the Mind” brings to Romania for the first time the works of internationally renowned photographer Roger Ballen. Presented at Scanteia+ in Bucharest, the exhibition opens on Thursday, March 26, at 6:00 PM, in the presence of the artist and the curator. The project is a traveling exhibition that has been presented, in various formats, in more than twelve major cultural institutions worldwide, including Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem (2005)