July 10, 2004
Modernism
Art has slowly placed religion as society's social comforter. So say the sociologists.
Hm.
Wolfgang Sievers,
Adelaide Festival Centre, 1973
On the other modernism was meant to be a critique of modernity. So said the avant garde.
That is hard to see with this kind of photography, with its roots in the Bauhaus. It is all about style as form that identifies with, and celebrates modernity.
Posted by Gary Sauer-Thompson at July 10, 2004 10:27 PM | TrackBackComments
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