{"product_id":"john-berger-yves-berger-over-to-you-letters-between-a-father-and-son","title":"John Berger \u0026 Yves Berger: Over to You - Letters Between a Father and Son","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eJohn Berger \u0026amp; Yves Berger\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eHardcover | \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e16.97 x 1.5 x 20.7 cm | 104 pp\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003ePantheon Books | 2024 | 9780553387575\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn Berger (1926-2017) was an art critic, novelist, painter and poet. His essay on art criticism \u003cem\u003eWays of Seeing\u003c\/em\u003e, written as an accompaniment to the BBC series of the same name, is hugely culturally influential and continues to be widely read today.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eCompelling and intimate, this collection of never-before-seen letters between the celebrated art critic and essayist, John Berger and his son Yves, an artist, is a moving look at their musings on art, memory, life, death, and beyond.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten between 2015-16, with 53 colour images of well-known old masters and contemporary art as well as some of the Bergers' own drawings and watercolours, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOver to You\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an informal back and forth not unlike the ping-pong games father and son used to play in the barn of their house. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe dialogue begins when John - who is in a Parisian suburb - sends Yves - who is in Haute Savoie - an envelope of reproductions of art that have moved him. And so they begin to reveal their thoughts looking at a Goya, Watteau, Twombly, Joan Mitchell, Durer, Caravaggio, Manet, and Euan Uglow, among many others. But the art is just a way to summon shared emotions and memories, as well as deepen their understanding of the world and its mysteries.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn at 89 is the more formal teacher, Yves at 39 comes across as the younger, philosophical artist. There are John's thoughts on the use of colour, light and space in, say, a Dürer, or a Beckmann to the question of \"staying fully alive\"; or Yves noting how much in life exceeds our understanding, the gap between our consciousness and our feeling, between the said and the unsaid. \"That's the zone where I would like us to meet. Are you coming?\" He asks his father. \"I may need other eyes to confirm what is really there. Like your eyes always did.\" This is an exceptional and moving tribute to a relationship between a father and son, and between two artists, as well as a thought provoking look at questions we all have about work, time, the universe, life and death.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pantheon Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47758249427202,"sku":"BK-PAN-JBYBOTY-001-Q","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0401\/6226\/3204\/files\/IMG_3894_55c4626b-9dc8-4a0e-b959-c2bec905b1e6.jpg?v=1779984138","url":"https:\/\/www.booksaboutart.co.uk\/products\/john-berger-yves-berger-over-to-you-letters-between-a-father-and-son","provider":"Books About Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}