The Uncanny Lens, ROGER BALLEN - JOEL-PETER WITKIN

"The Uncanny Lens" presents 60 photographic works by Roger Ballen and Joel-Peter Witkin and it will be on view from March 16th through April 13th, 2024.

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It is an exhibition aimed at showcasing some of the best works of these two masters of photography. Both artists are known for their distinctive and unconventional approaches to black-and-white photography, the human condition, the human psyche and the grotesque. The proposed exhibition seeks to encourage an exploration of the unconscious mind through photography. Further, by presenting a selection of these works side-by side,  this exhibition seems to offer a deepened and more nuanced appreciation for these artist´s contribution to Surrealism and to the history of photography. The reference to the `uncanny´ in this exhibition is two-fold: it refers to the eerie quality of the works themselves, as well as to the remarkable and strange visual relationships between these two oeuvres.