Roger Ballen is one of the most important photographers of his generation. He was born in New York City in 1950 but has lived and worked in Johannesburg, South Africa, for over thirty years. In his work from 1982 to 1994, Ballen trained his camera on the white population living in the hinterland. He has gained world fame with his penetrating photos recording the daily environment of these people on the margins of South African society. In his most recent photos, the human figure has become less central to the composition, and Ballen explores the darker depths of human existence—the 'skadukant' ...

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Participating artists:
Artur Barrio, Marcelo Cidade, Lourival Cuquinha, Ronald Duarte, artist collective GIA, Jarbas Lopes, Cildo Meireles, Joao Modé, Thiago Rocha Pitta and Bárbara Wagner.

The Brazilian Summer in Museum Het Domein highlights the special focus of the Made in Mirrors exchange project: Brazil. Museum Het Domein, Vitamin Creative Space in Guangzhou (China) and the Museu de Arte Moderna Aloísio Magelhães (MAMAM) in Recife (Brazil) have been working in conjunction for the last two years. A number of artists and curators from Recife spent time in Sittard, and Dutch artists and mu...

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