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Roger Ballen

Tour the darkness of Roger Ballen’s Inside Out Centre in Joburg
Friday
/ 27 March 2023

Tour the darkness of Roger Ballen’s Inside Out Centre in Joburg

The world famous photographer has opened the centre to the public with the ‘End of the Game’ exhibition

By Kimberley Schoeman
Darkness to burn: The spectral force of Ballen in Joburg
Friday
/ 30 October 2022

Darkness to burn: The spectral force of Ballen in Joburg

The photographer’s retrospective show maps his decades-long trip through the fear zone

By Carlos Amato
Ballenesque: The Organised Chaos of Roger Ballen
Friday
/ 12 September 2022

Ballenesque: The Organised Chaos of Roger Ballen

Visual artist Roger Ballen has a distinctive style that has evolved over a 50-year period

By Kimberley Schoeman
Shutterland: photographers’ journeys through everyday life in South Africa
Friday
/ 20 May 2022

Shutterland: photographers’ journeys through everyday life in South Africa

Through their lenses, 22 South African photographers tell personal stories that show how life in South Africa is built on duality

By Kimberley Schoeman
Roger Ballen: Housed in his mind’s recess
Article
/ 21 January 2016

Roger Ballen: Housed in his mind’s recess

Roger Ballen’s images in his latest book ‘The House Project’ will shake you to your very foundations.

By Paul Botes
In the shadows of Roger Ballen’s mind
Article
/ 15 May 2014

In the shadows of Roger Ballen’s mind

Roger Ballen’s images explore his desire to come to terms with the ultimate meaning and purpose of his life.

By Paul Botes
Seen is believing in the art world
Article
/ 9 January 2011

Seen is believing in the art world

A number of young South African artists, including the prodigy Nicholas Hlobo, are making waves in the international art world.

By Anthea Buys
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Article
/ 10 December 2010

Challenging depth of focus

Roger Ballen’s ­photographs are ­complex and evade simple categorisation and general criticism.

By Chad Rossouw
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Article
/ 25 May 2009

The space behind life

Shaun de Waal looks at boundaries in Roger Ballen’s new collection of photographs, Boarding House.

By Shaun De Waal
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Article
/ 6 July 2007

Looking in from the outside

Pieter Hugo’s new exhibition explores the politics of economic division, writes Monique Pelser.

By Monique Pelser

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