Berger was a smart guy, but like so many smart people, his Marxism spoils everything. He has to see power emanating from every work of art, and traditional paintings all promoting "capitalist property relations that serve ruling-class ideologies".
Great art is above and beyond such crude bracketing. Berger is part of the trend in western art since modernism that abandons beauty and the transcendent for dull ideology.
Great art is above and beyond such crude bracketing. Berger is part of the trend in western art since modernism that abandons beauty and the transcendent for dull ideology.