Dawid (Björn Dawidsson)
"COMP 2149", 1985
Signed Dawid on verso. Vintage. Gelatin silver print, image 20 x 25 cm. 72.5 x 58 cm including original frame. Frame executed by the artist.
Exhibitions
Galerie Priska Pasquer, Cologne, Germany, 2001.
Literature
Michael Mack, "Beautiful Frames", 2001, illustrated p. 95.
Louise Fogelström and Niclas Östlind, "Hybris/Hubris", 2008, Liljevalchs Konsthall cat no. 476, illustrated p. 26.
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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