![]() In 1972, Berger wrote that we are free to see images in collages of our own making. ![]() That is no surprise given that oil painting was essentially, for much of its history, a way to visually “own” women, commodities and land. The advertising industry loves to claim the aura of “art” for its imagery. A painting of a naked woman that was made by Titian 500 years ago is just as much about sex and power as a piece of modern pornography or a titillating poster. ![]() It is a nostalgic lie to see them as lofty spiritual creations. Works of art are simply images among other images. The TV series belongs to the pixellated past, but the brilliantly designed book published alongside it by Penguin, with boldly montaged illustrations and stark, pithy text, is a bestselling modern classic.Īs Berger put it, we are visual animals who see before we learn to read and, even as adults, get our most basic orientation in the world with our eyes, which makes images extraordinarily powerful. J ohn Berger, who died on Monday, wrote and said a lot of smart things, but he will be remembered longest for his 1972 BBC television series and book Ways of Seeing.
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