Friday 20 April 2012

Roger Ballen

In the Manchester Art Gallery, an exibition by Roger Ballen is currently on show.
At first I found the images quite disturbing, but after taking time to study them and pay attention, I came to find them indering.
Ballen uses one or two figures to create a scene of lonliness and grunge, which reminds me of old films set in deserted America.
The images are made srong by the use of props and how the body is the centre of each image.

Bellow are some photographs which I find interesting.


Roger Ballen - Cat Catcher, Gauteng, 1998
Cat Catcher

Eugene on the phone
Eugene on the Phone


Prowling

Artwork by Roger Ballen: 'Bitten'
Bitten


Loner


http://www.manchestergalleries.org/whats-on/exhibitions/index.php?itemID=87

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