Roger Ballen.
Roger Ballen was born in New York City (NYC) in 1950, Ballen is a well known photographer who resides Johannesburg, South Africa. He has been shooting black and white film for fifty years now. I really like Ballen's work because its different. Roger Ballen was inspired by the American 'Field Painters' of the 1960's and the early 1970's and also from South American mythology and ancestor worship
His black and white photographs are known as being most of the shocking and challenging photographs being made in the world today, In the photographs humans, animals and objects are presented in different arrangements that comment on the anumism running through all things.
One of Roger Ballen’s quotes is that “Photography is like going into the mineshaft’, this quote is true and he should know about it because as he is a geologist, his fieldwork sometimes has taken him up to two kilometres under the earth’s surface because he is searching for diamonds, minerals and gold. By doing this it has truly and deeply influenced him, which he likens to a psychological descent into the mine. Ballen’s work recalls the notion Paul Klee once termed as the, ‘in between world’, which is a dimension existing between learned knowledge and instinct. Individual’s think that Ballen’s work is ‘disturbing’ Ballen then explains too his audience is merely confronting the shadow side of their own psyche. His work mostly plays with you're mind; it makes you go too your ‘dark side’
I will collect people's opinions on Roger Ballen's work
His black and white photographs are known as being most of the shocking and challenging photographs being made in the world today, In the photographs humans, animals and objects are presented in different arrangements that comment on the anumism running through all things.
One of Roger Ballen’s quotes is that “Photography is like going into the mineshaft’, this quote is true and he should know about it because as he is a geologist, his fieldwork sometimes has taken him up to two kilometres under the earth’s surface because he is searching for diamonds, minerals and gold. By doing this it has truly and deeply influenced him, which he likens to a psychological descent into the mine. Ballen’s work recalls the notion Paul Klee once termed as the, ‘in between world’, which is a dimension existing between learned knowledge and instinct. Individual’s think that Ballen’s work is ‘disturbing’ Ballen then explains too his audience is merely confronting the shadow side of their own psyche. His work mostly plays with you're mind; it makes you go too your ‘dark side’
I will collect people's opinions on Roger Ballen's work
Jean-Michel Basquiat.
I think the reason why I personally like Ballen's work is because of the faces in his work, the drawings makes you think about the emotions of the photograph, you're always trying to work out the story of the photograph, another reason why I think I like the faces / drawings is because there like tribal art. I think that's where his influences have come from. I personally like tribal art, I find it very interesting and very unique. Iv'e been researching 'Jean-Michel Basquiat' was an
American artist. He began as a graffiti artist in New York City (NYC) in the late 1970s and then went to being a Neo-expressionist and Primitivist painter by the 1980s. His art used appropriation, poetry, drawing and painting, which included text, image, abstraction and figuration.
American artist. He began as a graffiti artist in New York City (NYC) in the late 1970s and then went to being a Neo-expressionist and Primitivist painter by the 1980s. His art used appropriation, poetry, drawing and painting, which included text, image, abstraction and figuration.
Tribal Art.
Tribal art is the visual arts and material culture of indigenous peoples (ethic minorities). Also known as Ethnographic art or Primitive Art, tribal arts have been collected by museums and private collectors. Tribal art is religious or is often known as ceremonial, tribal art refers to the subject of craftsmanship of artefacts from tribal cultures.
I have found three artists on tribal art - Bhuri Bai, Jangarh Singh Shyam and Jivya Soma Mashe.
Bhuri Bai
Bhuri Bai was born in 1968, she made her first mural painting at the age of just ten in her village. She was one of the very first women of her tribe to paint on paper and canvas.
The forms of Bhuri Bai have these specialties of seeming to 'float in space', as in a state of weightlessness, made of areas of bright colours, coloured dots not edge to edge but scattered.
I have found three artists on tribal art - Bhuri Bai, Jangarh Singh Shyam and Jivya Soma Mashe.
Bhuri Bai
Bhuri Bai was born in 1968, she made her first mural painting at the age of just ten in her village. She was one of the very first women of her tribe to paint on paper and canvas.
The forms of Bhuri Bai have these specialties of seeming to 'float in space', as in a state of weightlessness, made of areas of bright colours, coloured dots not edge to edge but scattered.
Jangarh Singh Shyam
Jangarh Singh Shyam was part of a tribe called 'Gong', with the intend to build a collection of tribal art in Bhopal, an Indian collective led by Jagdish Swaminathan. Jangarh Singh Shyam was blesses with an outstanding pictorial style, they invited him to Bhopal to construct a series of works on paper and also on canvas now kept at the Bharat Bhavan.
Jangarh Singh Shyam was part of a tribe called 'Gong', with the intend to build a collection of tribal art in Bhopal, an Indian collective led by Jagdish Swaminathan. Jangarh Singh Shyam was blesses with an outstanding pictorial style, they invited him to Bhopal to construct a series of works on paper and also on canvas now kept at the Bharat Bhavan.
Jivya Soma Mashe
Jivya Soma Mashe was born in 1923 in the Warli tribe, the story of Jivya is very unusual. He was abandoned by his family from a very early age. His only expression is drawing. His talent was soon noticed at national level, receiving directly from the hand of the highest political leaders. By him working on paper and canvas it allowed him to overcome the constraints of the steep and uneven wall surface.
Jivya Soma Mashe was born in 1923 in the Warli tribe, the story of Jivya is very unusual. He was abandoned by his family from a very early age. His only expression is drawing. His talent was soon noticed at national level, receiving directly from the hand of the highest political leaders. By him working on paper and canvas it allowed him to overcome the constraints of the steep and uneven wall surface.
Surrealism.
Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, Surrealism is best known for its visual artworks and writings. Artists painted unnerving, illogical scenes with photographic precision, also created strange creatures from everyday objects.
Surrealism developed out of the Dadaism (Dada) activities during the World War I and the important centre of the movement was Paris. From the 1920s onwards, the movement spread around the globe, affecting the visual arts, film, music and literature of many languages and also countries.
Surrealism developed out of the Dadaism (Dada) activities during the World War I and the important centre of the movement was Paris. From the 1920s onwards, the movement spread around the globe, affecting the visual arts, film, music and literature of many languages and also countries.
Dadaism.
Dadaism also knows as Dada is an art movement of the European avant-garde in the early 10th century. It is known that Dada began in Zurich in 1916, which then started spreading to Berlin shortly after but the height of New York Dada was the year before 1915. The movement involves visual arts, literature, poetry, art manifestoes, art theory, theatre and also graphic design. Dadaism is abstract art and sound poetry a starting point for performance art, a prelude to postmodernism and an influence on Pop Art.
The movement was among other things, it was a protest against the barbarism of the War and what Dadaists believed was an intellectual rigidity in both and everyday society.
The movement was among other things, it was a protest against the barbarism of the War and what Dadaists believed was an intellectual rigidity in both and everyday society.