Dawid (Björn Dawidsson)
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'2909', 1987.
From the series 'Arbetsnamn skulptur'. Signed verso. Executed in 1988. Vintage. Gelatin silver print, image 24.6 x 19.5 cm. Including the artist's original frame 54.5 x 49.5 cm.
Provenance
Stockholms Auktionsverk, 24 september 2018.
Exhibitions
Thielska Galleriet, Stockholm, 'Mot fotografiet', November 1989 - January 1990.
Literature
Ulf Linde och Dawid, 'Mot Fotografiet / Arbetsnamn skulptur', 1989, illustrated on full-page.
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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