Over to You (John Berger & Yves Berger)
Non-fiction , 2019
L’Atelier Contemporain
Pages: 104
A unique correspondence between the celebrated art critic and essayist John Berger and his son Yves, an artist.
Written between 2015-16, with 53 color images of well-known old masters and contemporary art as well as some of the Bergers’ own drawings and watercolors, Over to You is an informal back and forth not unlike the ping-pong games father and son used to play in the barn of their house. It 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.
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