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Galleri Tom Christoffersen: ROGER BALLEN - PORTRAITS, STILL LIFES AND NEW WORKS - 4 Feb 2011 to 12 Mar 2011 Current Exhibition |
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Roger Ballen. Headless, 2006. � Roger Ballen.
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ROGER BALLEN PORTRAITS, STILL LIFES AND NEW WORKS Opening: 04.02.2011 at 5-8 PM Duration: 04.02 � 12.03.2011 The South African based artist Roger Ballen (b. 1950 in New York City) is famous for his photographs of the inhabitants and their surroundings in rural South Africa over the last 30 years. In the exhibition "Portraits, Still Lifes & New Works" Gallery Tom Christoffersen shows some of his most famous motifs - the raw and honest portraits and the captivating still lifes, but also entirely new works from the series Asylum, where inspiration is found in artists such as Jean Dubuffet and Paul Klee. Roger Ballen works here with photography almost as painting, and creates an interesting play between space and surface and object and drawing. Through four decades and with 6 large photo series in books Roger Ballen has long ago enrolled himself in the history of art. His art seems to blur the distinction between documentary and fictional, and are at once both powerful social statements and simultaneously complex psychological studies. The silent grey still lifes can be seen as a staging of the subconscious - a kind of murky dream scenarios in secret codes, full of dark humour and alluring mystery. Roger Ballen is represented at among others Louisiana, Denmark, MoMA, New York, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris and Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg. He also collaborates with Gagosian, NYC, Aura Gallery, China and Hamiltons Gallery, London, ao. Lately, he has had exhibitions at Galerie Sabine Knust, Munich and Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris and major retrospectives at M�nchner Stadt Museum, Munich, Stenersen Museum, Oslo and Bozar, Bruxelles. (Pressemeddelelse p� dansk) Den sydafrikanske kunstner Roger Ballen (f. 1950 i New York) er ber�mt for sine fotografier af indbyggerne og deres omgivelser i udkants-sydafrika igennem de sidste 30 �r. P� udstillingen "Portraits, Still Lifes & New Works" viser Galleri Tom Christoffersen nogle af hans mest ber�mte motiver � de r� og hudl�se portr�tter og de f�ngslende stilleben, men samtidig ogs� helt nye v�rker fra serien Asylum, hvor inspirationen findes hos kunstnere som f.eks. Jean Dubuffet og Paul Klee. Her arbejder Roger Ballen n�rmest med fotografiet som et maleri, og der opst�r et interessant spil mellem rum og flade og objekt og tegning. Gennem fire �rtier og med 6 store fotoserier i bogudgivelser har Roger Ballen for l�ngst indskrevet sig i kunsthistorien. Hans kunst synes at sl�re skellet mellem det dokumentariske og det fiktionelle, og er p� en gang b�de slagkraftige sociale statements og samtidig komplekse psykologiske studier. De tyste og gr� stillebens kan ses som en iscenes�ttelse af underbevidstheden � en slags dunkle dr�mmescenarier i hemmelige koder, fulde af sort humor og dragende mystik. Roger Ballen er repr�senteret p� bl.a. Louisiana, Danmark, MoMA, New York, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris og Hasselblad Center, G�teborg. Han samarbejder ogs� med bl.a. Gagosian, NYC, Aura Gallery, China og Hamiltons Gallery, London. Senest har han haft udstillinger p� Galerie Sabine Knust, Munchen og Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris og store retrospektive p� M�nchner Stadtmuseum, Munchen, Stenersen Museum, Oslo og Bozar, Bruxelles.. Galleri Tom Christoffersen Skindergade 5 � DK-1159 K�benhavn K Tlf. +45 33917610 / +45 26377210 [email protected] www.tomchristoffersen.dk |
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