{"product_id":"roger-ballen-spirits-and-spaces-9780500028926","title":"Roger Ballen: Spirits and Spaces","description":"\u003cp\u003eHaving previously expressed no interest in color photography, Roger Ballen was inspired to engage with the medium after receiving a Leica SL camera as a gift in 2016. Opening to the potential of color in his work, Ballen used light in creative ways, exploring new avenues of experimentation. \u003cem\u003eSpirits and Spaces\u003c\/em\u003e eloquently captures the absurd and bizarre world of Roger Ballen, where animals and art brut-like drawings dominate, and humanity is reduced to obscure figures or fragmented body parts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe color images in \u003cem\u003eSpirits and Spaces\u003c\/em\u003e, created in conjunction with Ballen's artistic director, Marguerite Rossouw, were produced in a claustrophobic space, constructed of worn, wallpapered wooden panels and with minimalistic lighting. Here, in this dense, oppressive environment, Ballen creates what might be seen by many as a world that is unexplainable in words: one in which absurdity, chaos, comedy, and tragedy apparently exist side by side.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth a visual revelation and an artistic evolution by one of contemporary photography's most unique voices, \u003cem\u003eSpirits and Spaces\u003c\/em\u003e will be an essential and much-anticipated photobook for all Roger Ballen fans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBallen, Roger:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eRoger Ballen\u003c\/strong\u003e is one of the most important and distinctive art photographers working today. His previous books include \u003cem\u003eAsylum of the Birds\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Theatre of Apparitions\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eBallenesque: Roger Ballen: A Retrospective\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRhodes, Colin:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eColin Rhodes\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer, artist, and educator. He has written and lectured widely on modern and contemporary art, and is a specialist on expressionism, primitivism, and outsider art. He is the author of \u003ci\u003ePrimitivism and Modern Art\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOutsider Art: Spontaneous Alternatives\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe World According to Roger Ballen\u003c\/em\u003e, all published by Thames \u0026amp; Hudson. He has worked in universities in the UK and Australia and is currently distinguished professor, Xiaoxiang Scholar, and Yangtze River Scholar in the Fine Arts Academy, Hunan Normal University, China.","brand":"Thames \u0026 Hudson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51635391725842,"sku":"9780500028926","price":43.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a0925b7b-c37f-48ce-a6ac-f339826c515b.jpg?v=1759232525","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/roger-ballen-spirits-and-spaces-9780500028926","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}