December 28, 2016 – July 30, 2017
Istanbul Modern Photography Gallery hosts the works of American-born South African artist Roger Ballen, whose distinctive and unique style of photography evolved from his earlier works connected to the tradition of documentary photography into a style that he describes as “ballenesque”. In his works, Ballen employs drawings, painting, collage and sculptural techniques to create a new hybrid aesthetic, but one still firmly rooted in photography. The exhibition aims to follow the trajectory of the artist’s output since the 1980s.