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July 10, 2004

Art has slowly placed religion as society's social comforter. So say the sociologists.

Hm.

SieversWVHAdelaideFestivalCentre1.jpg
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.

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