Author: Ballen, Roger
Title: Asylum of the Birds
Description: New York, NY, Thames & Hudson, 2014. Hardcover. Black and white DJ with b&w photo illustration and b&w lettering; white boards with black lettering and stamped illustration; 144 pp.; richly illustrated. 'Asylum of the Birds' is a new body of work by Roger Ballen, one of the most original image-makers of our times. Ballen has always sought to push the boundaries of photographic practice and has created an aesthetic and artistic vision unlike any other contemporary photographer. The images here have been photographed entirely within the confines of a house in a Johannesburg suburb, the location of which remains a tightly guarded secret. The inhabitants of the house, both people and animals, and most notably the ever-present birds, are the cast who perform within a sculptural and decorated theatrical interior that Ballen creates and orchestrates. The resulting images are painterly, complex and surreal. -- WorldCat. VG (Ex art library with sticker on DJ and on rear endpaper; DJ is edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; boards are bumped; interior is very clean; binding is solid.) .

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