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<ul> <li> <A href="artists.php" title="ARTISTS - information about artists">ARTISTS</A> <ul> <li><a href="about_gallery_schedule.php" target="content2" onClick="top.activate(2);">Gallery viewing schedule</a></li> <li><a href="about_directions.php" target="content2" onClick="top.activate(2);">Directions to the gallery</a></li> <li><a href="about_mailinglist.php" target="content2" onClick="top.activate(2);">Join our mailing list</a></li> </ul> </li> <li> <A href="exhibitions_latest.php" title="LATEST EXHIBITION - view exhibition work, press coverage and downloads">LATEST EXHIBITION</A></li> <li><A href="exhibitions.php" title="PAST EXHIBITIONS - view exhibition work, press coverage and downloads">PAST EXHIBITIONS</A></li> <li><A href="online_sales.php" title="ONLINE SALES">ONLINE SALES</A></li> </ul> <div id="artists"> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>ARTISTS : ROOKE GALLERY</title> <link rel="STYLESHEET" type="text/css" href="inc/content.css"> <meta http-equiv="Keywords" content="artists, Rooke Gallery, Zander Blom, Liam Lynch, Olaf Bisschoff, Travels of Bad, Drain of Progress, Terra Incognita, Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa, Art Gallery, contemporary art"> <meta http-equiv="Description" content="Rooke Gallery Artists. The Rooke Gallery is a contemporary art gallery based in Johannesburg that represent 3 artists; Zander Blom, Liam Lynch and Olaf Bisschoff. Rooke Gallery is the primary dealer/agent of these artists and their work is exclusively available via the Rooke Gallery."> </head> <body> <h1>ARTISTS</h1> Rooke Gallery works with a small stable of select artists. <br> <br> Unless by invitation as part of a group show, the gallery does not unfortunately show work on behalf of individual artists that it does not represent. <br> <br> Current Rooke Gallery represented artists include: <br> <br> <a href="artists_roger_ballen.php" target="content2" onClick="top.activate(2);">Roger Ballen</a> <br> <a href="artists_the_bang_bang_club.php" target="content2" onClick="top.activate(2);">The Bang Bang Club</a> <br> <a href="artists_zander_blom.php" target="content2" onClick="top.activate(2);">Zander Blom</a> <br> <a href="artists_i-jusi.php" target="content2" onClick="top.activate(2);">i-jusi</a> <br> <a href="artists_mark_kannemeyer.php" target="content2" onClick="top.activate(2);">Mark Kannemeyer</a> <br> <a href="artists_liam_lynch.php" target="content2" onClick="top.activate(2);">Liam Lynch</a> <br> <a href="artists_garth_meyer.php" target="content2" onClick="top.activate(2);">Garth Meyer</a> <br> <a href="artists_sop.php" target="content2" onClick="top.activate(2);">The Society of Photographers</a> <br> <br> <script type="text/javascript"> if (top.frames.length == 0) { location.href='/?t=artists'; } </script> </body> </html> </div> <div id="artists_the_bang_bang_club"> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>THE BANG BANG CLUB : ARTISITS : ROOKE GALLERY</title> <link rel="STYLESHEET" type="text/css" href="inc/content.css"> <meta http-equiv="Keywords" content="artists, the bang bang club, GREG MARINOVICH, JOAO SILVA, Rooke Gallery, Zander Blom, Liam Lynch, Olaf Bisschoff, Travels of Bad, Drain of Progress, Terra Incognita, Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa, Art Gallery, contemporary art"> <meta http-equiv="Description" content="The Bang Bang Club at Rooke Gallery. The Rooke Gallery is a contemporary art gallery based in Johannesburg that represent 3 artists; Zander Blom, Liam Lynch and Olaf Bisschoff. Rooke Gallery is the primary dealer/agent of these artists and their work is exclusively available via the Rooke Gallery."> <script type="text/javascript" src="javascript/prototype.js"></script> </head> <body> <h1>THE BANG BANG CLUB <br> GREG MARINOVICH <br> JOAO SILVA </h1> Rooke Gallery exclusively represents the vintage and editioned photographic works of the two surviving members of “The Bang Bang Club” - Greg Marinovich and Joao Silva. <br><br> <img src="images/Bang_Bang_Club_Cover.jpg" height="363" width="250" border="0"> <br><br> A large-scale “Bang Bang Club” exhibition is planned for 2010 at Rooke Gallery. In the interim, a select series of Podcasts, Videocasts and artist presentations will be made available to all those who are subscribed to the gallery’s <a href="/about_mailinglist.php" target="content2" onClick="top.content1.location.href='/about.php';top.activate(2);">mailing list</a>. <br><br> Interested buyers can also <a href="mailto:inside@rookegallery.com?subject=Enquiry : signed copy of the Bang Bang Club Book">enquire</a> about signed copies of the Bang Bang Club book. <br><br> <strong>About the Bang Bang Club</strong> <br><br> The Bang Bang Club was a name primarily associated with four photographers active within the townships of South Africa during the Apartheid period, particularly in the years running up to the country’s first democratic elections (27 April 1994). While a number of photographers and photojournalists worked alongside the Bang Bang Club (including James Nachtwey and Gary Bernard), Kevin Carter, Greg Marinovich, Ken Oosterbroek, and Joao Silva were the four main men associated with the name. <br><br> <img src="images/Joao_Silva_Rooke_Paparazzi.jpg" height="170" width="250" border="0"> <br> <em>Original Living Magazine article that coined the phrase “Bang Bang Paparazzi” <br> Photograph : Joao Silva </em> <br><br> Many of the images taken by the Bang Bang Club were transmitted and printed internationally, rarely receiving attention within South Africa (this due to the government's strict control over the press). Publication of the images brought to the fore the reality of the oppressive Apartheid system, and the murderous struggle between ANC and Inkatha Freedom Party sympathisers, in what were the hostel wars. <br><br> <img src="images/Greg_Marinovich_Rooke_leaf.jpg" height="202" width="250" border="0"> <br> <em>Vintage “Leafdesk” confirmation print 1992. <br> Photograph Greg Marinovich </em> <br><br> Ultimately the pictures served to increase international pressure on the South African government to allow fully democratic elections. <br><br> The name "Bang Bang Club" was born from the culture itself; township residents spoke to the photographers about the “bang-bang” as reference to violence occurring within their communities, but more literally, "bang-bang" refers to the sound of gunfire and is a colloquial form of nomenclature used by conflict photographers. <br> <br> <img src="images/Greg_Marinovich_Rooke.jpg" height="195" width="250" border="0"> <br> <em>Vintage hand print 1992. <br> Photograph Greg Marinovich</em> <br><br> In the course of their work, the members accrued two Pulitzer prizes. Greg Marinovich won the Pulitzer for Spot News Photography for his coverage of the killing of Lindsaye Tshabalala in 1990. Kevin Carter won the Pulitzer for Featured Photography in 1994 for his photograph of a vulture that appeared to be stalking a starving child in southern Sudan. <br><br> Tragically, the photography of the Bang Bang Club ended with the death of Ken Oosterbroek, killed on April 18, 1994 while photographing a siege in Tokoza, a few days before the elections they had worked so hard to support. <br><br> Marinovich, who was also shot, documented the incident in an autobiographical book about the "Bang Bang Club". <br><br> Kevin Carter committed suicide on July 27, 1994. Both Greg Marinovich and Joao Silva have remained active photographers. <br><br> In 2000, they authored The Bang-Bang Club, a book documenting their experiences. A movie of the book (directed by Steven Silver) is due for release in 2009, and stars Ryan Phillippe, Taylor Kitsch and Malin Ackerman. <a href="javascript://" onClick="$('yt001').toggle();">More</a>. <div id="yt001" style="display: none;"> <br><br> <object width="260" height="205"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/puEYADju-gU&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/puEYADju-gU&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="260" height="205"></embed></object> </div> <br><br> <A href="http://www.amazon.com/Bang-Bang-Club-Snapshots-Hidden War/dp/0465044131" target="_blank">More about the book</A> <br><br> <a href="javascript://" onClick="$('yt001').toggle();">More about the movie</a>  <br><br> <a href="mailto:inside@rookegallery.com?subject=Bang%20Bang%20Club%20enquiry">Enquire about the vintage photographs <br><br><br> <br><br> <script type="text/javascript"> if (top.frames.length == 0) { location.replace('/artists/the_bang_bang_club'); } </script> </body> </html> </div>