Dawid (Björn Dawidsson)
"#76A",1982
Signed Dawid and numbered 2/25 and dated 1982 on verso. Vintage. Gelatin silver print, image 7.5 x 19 cm.
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Provenance
Karin & Lars Halls samling.
Literature
Hans Cogne (edt.), "Dawid - Obscuraminnen", 1982, reproduced spread pp. 6-7.
More information
From the series "Camera Obscura Memories" 1980-82.
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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