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FRANCE / Paris: The world according to Roger Ballen
by Modem
© Modem

until Friday July 31 2020

Halle Saint Pierre
T : +33 (0)1 42 58 72 89
2, rue Ronsard
75018 Paris
France

The world according to Roger Ballen, in the exhibition of the work of this American-born South African photographer, a geologist by training, expresses the sense of confusion of a man confronted by the nonsensical nature both of his life and of the world in general. Ballen’s work has been the subject of exhibitions at prestigious institutions for more than thirty years now. Although each of his shows is an event, his decision to exhibit at the Halle Saint Pierre in Paris, an atypical museum devoted to outsider art and unusual forms of creativity, demonstrates his freedom from artistic genres. For the Halle Saint Pierre, a collaboration with Roger Ballen is an invitation to showcase – or test out – the artistic and cultural otherness of art brut. In his relationship with creativity, Ballen has constantly explored a form of art that is rooted in the deepest layers of human nature; like the French dramatist, actor and writer Antonin Artaud, he is always moving towards more primal means of artistic expression.

The world according to Roger Ballen
From 7 September, 2019 till 31 July, 2020

© Modem