Dawid (Björn Dawidsson)
"#2607", 1986
Signed Dawid and dated 1987 on verso. Vintage. AP. Gelatin silver print, sheet 50.6 x 40.7 cm. Frame made by the photographer, 71.5 x 61.6 cm including original frame.
Provenance
Galleri Nordanstad-Skarstedt, Stockholm.
Exhibitions
Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, "396 Fotografiska förälskelser", 2001.
Designer
Dawid is one of Sweden’s most notorious photographers, and was a pioneer in conceptual photography. He had his breakthrough in 1983 with the exhibition “Rost” at the Fotografiska Museum. Dawid pushes the boundaries to what is considered photography, At first glance, his images possess strong aesthetic values, but upon closer inspection, the depicted objects, which appear in all their everyday ordinariness, seem to open up anew. The images undergo a kind of metamorphosis and acquire meanings beyond the merely denoted.
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