The internationally renowned artist, 68, tells those who want to follow in his footsteps: “You need time to germinate.”
Book Review: Ballenesque, Roger Ballen: A Retrospective
Recent retrospective photobook Ballenesque is the first to be released that examines the titular artist Roger Ballen’s acclaimed 50-year career in its entirety.
Roger Ballen’s Terrifying Photos Conjure Visions of the Apocalypse
Roger Ballen shares brand-new and unseen examples from his archive that he edited for VICE’s theme.
Ballenesque: An insight into the life and work of Roger Ballen
Roger Ballen is one of the most important and original art photographers working today. Best known for his probing, often challenging images that exist in a space between painting, drawing, installation and photography. Based on an extended interview with the enigmatic artist, this blog post delves a little deeper into Roger Ballen’s artistic evolution, the […]
Great art has to relate to the universal, not to the sensational or what sells
Mila de Villiers in conversation with Roger Ballen
If you’re familiar with Die Antwoord, images of an anomalous Johannesburg, or raw photos of South Africa’s rural Afrikaans communities, you’ve probably come across Roger Ballen.
Roger Ballen and Die Antwoord team up for skateboard collab
The warped South African artist taps Yo-landi and Ninja for a series of skateboards that will help fund skate schools in Johannesburg.
Ballenesque (Roger Ballen: A Retrospective)
The 366-page monograph, contains 345 illustrations, mostly photographs and some paintings, and is the first comprehensive retrospective of Ballen’s work.
Be in the right frame of mind for Roger Ballen
In one of Roger Ballen’s most well-known images, a picture of F. de Bruin of the Orange Free State prison service, the elderly sergeant looks out at us with the forlorn look of a tired beagle, not at all the face of an enforcer of white supremacy. The subject’s belt is slack, his uniform slightly […]
Ken Weingart Interviews Roger Ballen
Ken Weingart interviews photographer Roger Ballen. Ken has been producing interviews for his Art and Photography blog.