From the series "Pinup / RRR", 2013
Signed Dawid and dated 2013 and numbered 1/5. Pigment print 156 x 111.5 cm including artist's frame.
Åmells Konsthandel, Stockholm. Acquired by the current owner in 2015.
Abecita Konstmuseum, Borås, "Dawid.nu", 20 February - 4 May 2014.
Åmells Konsthandel, Stockholm, spring 2015.
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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