Roger ballens works include asylum of the birds i fink u freeky animal abstraction boarding house shadow chamber platteland dorps and boyhood. Animal abstraction collects one body of work by photographer roger ballen born 1950 enigmatic beautiful and often disturbing these black and white photographs are staged in desolate interiors where humans interact with animals to create mysterious tableaux that reflect ballens fascination with the animal kingdom. Roger ballen depict an abstracted imaginary space that is inhabited by both animals and people mostly within grey barren cell like structures nightmarish scenarios which are unspecific in their narrative are enacted the oppressive intensity of this environment is created by the metaphorical or symbolic interplay of the spaces the figures and animals and the furniture and other . Animal abstraction collects one body of work by photographer roger ballen born 1950 enigmatic beautiful and often disturbing these black and white photographs are staged in desolate interiors where humans interact with animals to create mysterious tableaux that reflect ballens fascination with the animal kingdom. Titres roger ballen texte imprime animal abstraction selected photographs 1998 2011 exhibition amsterdam galerie alex daniels reflex amsterdam october 29th december 10th 2011 photographs by roger ballen introduction by wim pijbes publication amsterdam reflex ed cop 2011 description materielle 99 s uberw ill 31 cm notes bibliogr p 96 98