Dawid (Björn Dawidsson)
"9092", 1986
Signed Dawid on verso. Dated 1986 on label on verso. Vintage. Chemigraph gelatin silver print, image 23 x 29 cm. Frame made by the photographer, 63 x 73 cm including original frame.
Provenance
Galleri Wallner, Malmö.
Exhibitions
Thielska Galleriet, Stockholm, "Arbetsnamn Skulptur", 1989-90.
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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