John Berger, one of the world's most celebrated storytellers and writers on art, takes us through centuries of drawing and painting, revealing his lifelong fascination with a diverse cast of artists. In Portraits, Berger grounds the artists in their historical milieu in revolutionary ways, whether enlarging on the prehistoric paintings of the Chauvet caves or Cy Twombly's linguistic and pictorial play.
In penetrating and singular prose, Berger presents entirely new ways of thinking about artists both canonized and obscure, from Rembrandt to Henry Moore, Jackson Pollock to Picasso. Throughout, Berger maintains the essential connection between politics, art and the wider study of culture. The result is an illuminating walk through many centuries of visual culture, from one of the contemporary world's most incisive critical voices.
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John Berger's "Portraits" is among the greatest books on art I've ever read. -- Zadie Smith * New York Times * A volume whose breadth and depth bring it close to a definitive self-portrait of one of Britain's most original thinkers -- Financial Times Perhaps the greatest living writer on art . reminds us just how insufficient most art commentary is these days . an indispensible guide to understanding art from cave painting to today's experimenters. -- Spectator [Books of the Year] In this extraordinary new book, John Berger embarks on a process of re-discovery and re-figuring of history through the visual narratives given to us by portraiture. Berger's ability for storytelling is both incisive and intriguing. He is one of the greatest writers of our time. -- Hans Ulrich Obrist, author of 'Ways of Curating' Berger's art criticism transcends its genre to become a very rare thing-literature * The Nation * Berger is a writer one demands to know more about ... an intriguing and powerful mind and talent. * New York Times *
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978-1-78478-179-8 (9781784781798)
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Storyteller, novelist, essayist, screenwriter, dramatist and critic, John Berger is one of the most internationally influential writers of the last fifty years. His many books include Ways of Seeing; the fiction trilogy Into Their Labours; Here Is Where We Meet; the Booker Prize-winning novel G; Hold Everything Dear; the Man Booker-longlisted From A to X; and A Seventh Man.
Tom Overton catalogued John Berger's archive at the British Library and edited Portraits: John Berger on Art. He is working on Berger's biography and a book on migration and archives. His collected writing is available at overton.tw. He has organized exhibitions at King's Cultural Institute, Somerset House and the Whitechapel Gallery.
