Zef or not, Ballen has die antwoord for ‘Hänsel und Gretel’

Photography’s king of bizarre, Roger Ballen, is taking the fairytale opera into uncharted visual territory

04 March 2021 - 20:15 By Keith Bain

Die Antwoord. Yes, that pair of purposefully misshapen artist-musicians; demented fury in their eyes, their angry faces screaming zef rhymes as they toss skeef looks at their transfixed fans...

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