Dawid (Björn Dawidsson)
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"Joyce 94"
Signed Dawid and dated 1995 on verso. C-print, image 45 x 34 cm. Sheet 50.7 x 40.5 cm.
God kondition.
Ramen är ej utförd av fotografen (så som de flesta av Dawids bilder är).
Provenance
Galleri UP, Stockholm.
Literature
Michael Mack, "Dawid – Beautiful Frames", 2001, illustrated p. 237.
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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