Dawid (Björn Dawidsson)
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"#2120", 1985
Signed Dawid and numbered 2/2 and dated 1987 on verso. Vintage. From the series "Arbetsnamn skulptur". Gelatin silver print, image 19.4 x 24.5 cm. Sheet 23.8 x 30.4 cm. Frame made by the photographer, 49.5 x 55 cm including frame.
Provenance
Lars & Karin Hall Collection. Acquired directly from the photographer.
Exhibitions
Abecita Konstmuseum, "Ur Karin och Lars Hall Collection", 21 April - 1 July 2012.
Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, "396 Fotografiska förälskelser", 16 June – 19 August 2001.
Literature
Ulf Linde, "Mot fotografiet - Dawid: Arbetsnamn Skulptur",1989, illustrated on fullpage pl. 2120.
Museum Folkwang, "Dawid M+M Serie", 1993, exhibition catalogue, illustrated.
Michael Mack (ed.), "Dawid - Beautiful Frames", 2001, illustrated on fullpage p. 19.
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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