Dawid, photograph signed and dated 1986 on verso
"Untitled", 1986. Gelatin silver print, image 14 x 11,5 cm.
Not examined out of frame.
Insignificant soft handling crease in the lower left corner.
Karin & Lars Hall Collection.
Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, "396 Fotografiska förälskelser", 16 June – 19 August 2001.
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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