Roger Ballen: Boarding House

Exhibition

Boarding House by Roger Ballen, presents a collection of black and white photographs by the South African photographer.

Room with spooky faces drawn on it
Black and white photo of car in front of double story building
Room with spooky faces drawn on it

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.