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Roger the Rat

by Roger Ballen

Photographs: Roger Ballen

Text: Roger Ballen

Publisher: Hatje Cantz

128 pages

Pictures: 61

Year: 2020

ISBN: 978-3-7757-4819-3

Price: 30.80 €

Comments: Hardcover, 22 x 22 cm.

Throughout his career, Roger Ballen has pursued a singular artistic goal: to give expression to the human psyche and visually explore the hidden forces that shape who we are. In these sixty black-and-white photographs Ballen creates a persona, Roger the Rat. Here, Ballen unveils a selection of uncanny photographs so completely different from his previous work, yet still possessing the unmistakable Ballenesque aesthetic. Produced in Johannesburg between 2015 and 2020, Ballen creates and documents a part-human, part-rat creature who lives an isolated life outside of mainstream society. This book presents the cycle of photographs in the form of an impressive show that keeps the reader reflecting upon them long after the last page has been turned.

ROGER BALLEN (*1950, New York City) has lived in South Africa since 1982 and is one of the most important and original art photographers working today. He is best known for his probing, often challenging images that exist in a space between painting, drawing, installation, and photography that is commonly referred to as Ballenesque.

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Roger the Rat

by Roger Ballen

Photographs: Roger Ballen

Text: Roger Ballen

Publisher: Hatje Cantz

128 pages

Pictures: 61

Year: 2020

ISBN: 978-3-7757-4819-3

Price: 30.80 €

Comments: Hardcover, 22 x 22 cm.

Throughout his career, Roger Ballen has pursued a singular artistic goal: to give expression to the human psyche and visually explore the hidden forces that shape who we are. In these sixty black-and-white photographs Ballen creates a persona, Roger the Rat. Here, Ballen unveils a selection of uncanny photographs so completely different from his previous work, yet still possessing the unmistakable Ballenesque aesthetic. Produced in Johannesburg between 2015 and 2020, Ballen creates and documents a part-human, part-rat creature who lives an isolated life outside of mainstream society. This book presents the cycle of photographs in the form of an impressive show that keeps the reader reflecting upon them long after the last page has been turned.

ROGER BALLEN (*1950, New York City) has lived in South Africa since 1982 and is one of the most important and original art photographers working today. He is best known for his probing, often challenging images that exist in a space between painting, drawing, installation, and photography that is commonly referred to as Ballenesque.

> See also Roger Ballen's fine art prints

More books by Roger Ballen