It was over 30 years ago now that that book came out, and so it’s quite astonishing not only has it had a huge impact here in the UK and in Europe but it’s international, the impact of this work.
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In fact, all this month, London is celebrating John Berger’s prolific body of work under the title ‘Here is Where we Meet’, coinciding with the release of Berger’s long-awaited new novel of that name.īut it’s the seven short, pictorial essays in Berger’s Ways of Seeing-on ways of seeing women, on how traditional oil painting serves the patronage of capital, on the ways advertising imagery promotes consumer desire for the market-which had such a huge impact on more than one generation of people who read and, more importantly, watched the 1972 TV version.ĭi Robson: Well, the impact was incredible. Probably the most attractive figure that we’ll look at here-at 78, John Berger has become quite a guru, living in exile from London for many years in a remote peasant farming community in the French Alps, where he continues to write essays, novels, plays, as well as arts criticism. Last week it was Walter Benjamin’s iconic The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, and today we’re reviewing the work of a disciple of Benjamin’s, John Berger, who wrote the book and hugely influential BBC TV series, Ways of Seeing, which inspired this series. This Sunday Morning, it’s the fourth in our series, Changing the Way We See, looking back on art books and writing which have changed the way we look at and understand the visual arts. Julie Copeland: Welcome to Exhibit A on Radio National, I’m Julie Copeland. In fact all this month, London is celebrating John Berger’s prolific body of work – under the title Here Is Where We Meet, coinciding with the release of Berger’s long-awaited new novel of the same name.īut it’s the seven short, pictorial essays in Berger’s Ways of Seeing – on ways of seeing women, on how traditional oil painting serves the patronage of capital, on the ways advertising imagery promotes consumer desire for the market – which had a huge impact on more than one generation of people who read, and more importantly watched, the 1972 TV version. Probably the most attractive figure we’ll look at here - at 78, John Berger has become quite a guru, living in exile from London for many years in a remote peasant farming community in the French Alps, where he continues to write essays, novels, plays, as well as arts criticism.
#John berger ways of seeing analysis series#
Today we’re reviewing the work of John Berger, who wrote the book and hugely influential BBC TV series Ways of Seeing, which inspired this series. The fourth in the Exhibit A series Changing the Way We See, looking back on art books and essays which have changed the way we see and understand the visual arts. Exhibit A: John Berger - Changing the Way We See - part 4
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