{"product_id":"55475-roger-ballen","title":"Roger Ballen","description":"Surreal, sophisticated, disturbing: Roger Ballen has made a name for himself with his unique eye for the marginal, the unconventional, yet profound and touching. In his hands, the documentary power of the camera merges with the ingenious power of his imagination to look into the human soul and get under the viewer's skin. His new elaborate project, produced from 2015 to 2020, is Roger the Rat. In unsettlingly sharp black-and-white photographs, he follows the life of a creature whose body appears human but with the head of a rat. Image after image, one witnesses scenes that, deconstructed and stripped of their everyday gesture, reveal suppressed aspects of human existence. The catalog presents the image cycle as an impressive exhibition, whose contemplations are far from over with the last page.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eROGER BALLEN (*1950, New York City) has lived in South Africa since 1982 and is considered one of the most original art photographers. His often challenging images, a hybrid of painting, drawing, installation, and photography commonly referred to as \"Ballenesque,\" made him famous.","brand":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Book (978-3-7757-4819-3)","offer_id":49905142661384,"sku":"9783775748193","price":28.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Book (signed) (978-6-00003048-3)","offer_id":49905142694152,"sku":"9786000030483","price":28.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8948\/8049\/files\/odoo_9783775748193.jpg?v=1744130808","url":"https:\/\/hatjecantz.de\/en\/products\/55475-roger-ballen","provider":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","version":"1.0","type":"link"}