A lifetime’s encounter with artists: from prehistoric cave painting to the present
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.
Berger is a writer one demands to know more about ... an intriguing
and powerful mind and talent.
*New York Times*
Berger’s art criticism transcends its genre to become a very rare
thing—literature
*The Nation*
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'*
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]*
A volume whose breadth and depth bring it close to a definitive
self-portrait of one of Britain’s most original thinkers
*Financial Times*
John Berger’s “Portraits” is among the greatest books on art I’ve
ever read.
*New York Times*
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