Hi, yes the ways of seeing has become almost a classic.
I knew Berger in the late 50's when he got me an exhibition at an off
bond street gallery.
He was then very left wing, writing extremely provocative art criticism
for the New statesman, a marxist - but when Hungary was invaded and put
down by soviet troops, he had to, like so many, think again.
He ran an exhibition an the Whitechapel Gallery entitled ' Looking
Forward' again that was looking far to much to the left, or to a
socially oriented art, and Jack Smith repudiated his direction and
description of his work. Now however, living in a rural environment,
might say attempting the peasant way of life, still on the theme of
socialism, which is not a bad thing, he is writing to good effect and
has done so for some time.
ken
On May 11, 2007, at 23:42, Michael Szpakowski wrote:
Hi
never read Ways of Seeing but the recent essays -'The
Shape of A Pocket' & short stories - 'This is Where We
Meet' are wonderful.
michael
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i know about wiki
i asked for a personal opinion,
thank you.
simulation weblog escribió: There's a
wikipedia article about John Berger that gives you
thebasic stuff. see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Berger
'Ways of Seeing' is his most influential book.
David Upton
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