Resistance through Art

Imagine such a man that he is very beautiful... His beauty; Let it reflect from within, from the warmth in your heart to the bright smile on your face. Let there be someone who gifts me the pen with which I am currently writing and encourages me to write. It's so beautiful! It can give me these precious, enjoyable moments. “Day after day, all over the world, the media network replaces facts with lies. There are no political or ideological lies in the first place (they come later), there are visual, concrete lies about why human life and natural life actually occur. All the lies boil down to one giant fraud: the assumption that life itself is a commodity and those who can afford to buy it are, by definition, those who deserve it! Most of us know this is wrong, but little of what we are shown strengthens our resilience.” According to Berger, art does exactly this, that is, it strengthens our resistance. In this book, which consists of his sincere and original essays on art and artists, Berger discusses not only the works of artists such as Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Degas, Van Gogh, Kahlo and Brancusi, but also tens of thousands of years old cave paintings in France and Fayum mummy portraits in Egypt. . The book also includes the author's correspondence with Subcomandante Marcos and the transcript of a radio program he hosted. This compilation as a whole reminds us how indispensable and therapeutic art is for the inner and outer worlds of people, the individual and society. “Today, trying to paint what exists is an act of resistance that encourages hope,” says Berger in an essay. In another he adds: “The act of resistance is not merely a refusal to accept the absurdity of the world-picture presented to us, but a declaration of the invalidity of this picture. When hell is declared invalid from within, its existence in hell ceases.”

(From the Promotional Bulletin)

Prepared by: Özde Duygu Gürkan

Dough Type: 2nd Dough

Size: 13x20

First Print Year: 2017

Number of Printings: 2nd Edition

Number of Pages: 192

Media Type: Paperback

Original Name: The Shape of a Pocket