他的新影集名为《大老鼠罗杰》，精心制作于2015年至2020年间。在压抑犀利的黑白镜头中，他拍摄了一个身体看起来像人，但却长着老鼠头的生物的生活。我们在一幅又一幅的画面中看到了从日常姿态中解构和挣脱出来的场景，揭示了人类生存中被压抑的一面。这本画册就像一场令人印象深刻的展览展示一系列画作一样，让读者在最后一页后还能继续思考。

Ratatouille was yesterday
Under the sign of the rat

Surreal, refined, disturbing: Roger Ballen has made a name for himself with his special eye for what is usually considered minor or outside, yet is nevertheless profound and touching. In his hands, the documentary power of the camera merges with the ingenious power of his imagination to look into a person’s soul and get under the viewer’s skin. Elaborately produced between 2015 and 2020, his new project is called Roger the Rat. In oppressively sharp black-and-

white shots, he follows the life of a creature whose body appears human, but who has the head of a rat. Picture after picture, we witness scenes that―deconstructed and wrested from everyday gestures―reveal the suppressed aspects of human existence. The catalogue presents the cycle of paintings as an impressive show that keeps the reader reflecting long after the last page.