Roger Ballen (*1950, New York, lives in Johannesburg) is one of the most influential and important photographic artists of the 21st century. His extraordinary and radical works confront the viewer:inside and invite them to join him on a journey into their own psyche as he explores the deeper abysses of his own. In the 1990s, he developed a style he refers to as Ballenesque. Over the past decade, Ballen has created powerful artworks that increasingly blur the lines between fantasy and reality. He uses drawing, painting, collage, and sculptural techniques to create elaborate stage sets - the perfect complement to Tinguely's Dance of Death, in whose neighborhood the exhibition is shown.
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