Roger Ballen: Boarding House

Curator: Charles Reeve

Exhibition Information/Summary: 

Boarding House by Roger Ballen, presents a collection of black and white photographs by the South African photographer. This is Ballen’s most formally sophisticated work to date. The tableaux have a greater emphasis on drawn and sculptural elements, and the sense of collaboration between the artist and his subjects is increasingly relevant.

Publication: Roger Ballen.pdf (ocadu.ca) 

Public Program Events (list with description if needed):

• Wednesday, April 8: 
  • Artist’s Talk with Roger Ballen
    • The artist will give a lecture and sign copies of his latest book, Boarding House (Phaidon). Free and open to the public. 6:30 p.m., OCAD auditorium. 
• Thursday evening walk-throughs: 
  • 20-30 minute discussions of the exhibition. Free and open to the public. Walkthroughs begin at 6:30 p.m. and take place in the Professional Gallery. 
  • March 5 
    • Charles Reeve. Curator of OCAD’s Professional Gallery and Assistant Professor of Liberal Studies and Art, Charles Reeve organized the exhibit “Roger Ballen: Boarding House.” 
  • March 26 
    • Blake Fitzpatrick. Blake Fitzpatrick is a Professor in the Documentary Media Program and Director of Photographic Studies, School of Image Arts at Ryerson University. His many interests as a writer and photographer include documentary and photojournalistic photography, photographic responses to the nuclear era and contemporary war representation. 
  • May 21 
    • Sophie Hackett is Assistant Curator of Photography at the Art Gallery of Ontario.