In one review for the New Statesman he scathingly derided Jackson Pollock’s art for its “dead subjectivity” and suicidal despair.” In these magazine articles and reviews Berger demonstrated that he was an outspoken socialist, and his belief that it was the role of art to provide a commentary on the times in which we are living. These include New Society and the New Statesman. John Berger Was an Influential Art Critic and Essayist John Berger photographed by Jean Mohr, image courtesy of Whitechapel Gallery, LondonĪlthough he trained as a painter at Chelsea School of Art, John Berger began publishing art criticism for various British publications in the 1950s.
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