Photographer Roger Ballen donates all his published work to Zeitz Mocaa
The Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa in Cape Town opens on Friday, when Christian Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu will perform a blessing
Photographic artist Roger Ballen has donated all his published work to the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Mocaa) in Cape Town. Friday marks the official grand opening of the museum‚ where Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is expected to perform a "blessing’’. Ballen’s controversial art is world-renowned and has been cited by South African "zef" musicians, Die Antwoord‚ who have said his work inspired the birth of the group. In recognition of Ballen’s donation‚ the Centre of Photography in the museum has been named after the American-born artist. The mission of the Roger Ballen Foundation Centre for Photography is to collect‚ preserve‚ research and exhibit contemporary photography and artworks that use photography from Africa and its diaspora. "I’m so happy that I can be part of the formation of the foundation‚ of the museum and the archival section‚" said Ballen. "It’s a creative process just for me to able to do this‚ so it’s a real challenge and it couldn’t be a better pl...
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