Dawid (Björn Dawidsson)
"9235", 1988
Signed Dawid and dated 1988 on verso. Vintage. Chemigraph gelatin silver print, image 34.5 x 27.5 cm. Frame made by the photographer, 73 x 63 cm including original frame.
God kondition. Ett obetydligt veck i övre höger hörn samt obetydligt nagg i det yttersta marginalerna. Ej examinerad ur ram.
Provenance
Galleri Wallner, Malmö.
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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