{"product_id":"the-theatre-of-apparitions-by-roger-ballen-9780500544648","title":"The Theatre of Apparitions","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith a career spanning over four decades, Roger Ballen is best known for his psychologically powerful and masterfully composed images that exist in a space between painting, drawing, installation, and photography. This book is both a departure from his existing oeuvre and the culmination of his unique aesthetic linking image-making and theatrical performance. Separated into seven chapters or 'acts', these \u003cem\u003eBallenesque\u003c\/em\u003e images take readers on a journey deep into their subconscious.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInspired by the sight of hand-drawn carvings on blacked-out windows in an abandoned women's prison, Ballen started to experiment using different spray paints on glass and then 'drawing on' or removing the paint with a sharp object to let natural light through. The results are like prehistoric cave-paintings: the black, dimensionless spaces on the glass are canvases onto which Ballen carves his thoughts and emotions. Fossil-like facial forms and dismembered body parts co-exist uncomfortably with vaporous, ghost-like shadows — these images have the capacity to shock, inspire, amuse, and even elate viewers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTimeless and innovative, earthly and otherworldly, physical and spiritual, his work transcends all traditional concepts of photography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47428330488044,"sku":"9780500544648","price":60.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780500544648.jpg?v=1774477606","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-theatre-of-apparitions-by-roger-ballen-9780500544648","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}