Wolfgang Sievers exhibition
Sievers' photographs speak of the dignity of labour and the visual beauty of the constructed world. His Gears for mining industry (1967) is a classic image in Australian art history. This exhibition of works from the 1950s to 1970s is presented by the "Graham F Smith Peace Trust":http://artspeacetrust.org/about/ in collaboration with Julian Burnside QC.
Art Exhibition
previously on
at
Kerry Packer Civic Gallery
in
Adelaide
precinct,
South Australia,
Australia.
From
Saturday 25 September 2010 to Monday 11 October 2010
Published by anonymous on Monday 06 September 2010.
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Wolfgang Sievers (1913-2007) left Germany in 1938 and became an Australian citizen in 1944. He is best known as an industrial and architectural photographer but was also a passionate campaigner for human rights, writing of his belief in ‘…..justice and tolerance of all people whatever colour or faith’.
