Dawid (Björn Dawidsson)
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DAWID, Gelatin silver print signed Dawid and dated 1987 on verso. Vintage.
"2896", 1987. Image 24.4 x 19.6 cm. Including original frame executed by the photographer 54.7 x 49.6 cm.
Not examined out of frame.
Frame with wear and surface dirt.
Provenance
Gift from the photographer to the current owner.
Literature
Ulf Linde and Dawid, "Mot Fotografiet / Arbetsnamn skulptur", 1989, illustrated on fullpage.
More information
From the series "Arbetsnamn skulptur".
Artist
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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