Dawid
Subtitle: Men
By: redaktion: Eva-Lena Karlsson, Magnus Olausson och Ingrid Lindell ; översättning: Martin Naylor
Contributors: Dawid, 1949-; Statens porträttsamling (Sweden)
Series: Nationalmusei utställningskatalog -- nr 677; Nationalmusei utställningskatalog -- 677.
Publisher: Nationalmuseum
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Stockholm
Language: swe
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9789171008695
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Exhibitions; Artistic Photography; Portrait photography; Photography of men
Other titles: Men; Dawid.; Dawid. English.
Description: Dawid (Björn Dawidsson, born 1949) is one of Sweden's leading contemporary photographers, known far beyond the country's borders for his abstract, avant-garde photography. He made his debut in 1973, but his real breakthrough came a decade later with an exhibition entitled Rost (Rust) at the former museum of photography, now incorporated into Moderna Museet. Then, as later in his career, Dawid showed how something that appears commonplace: a bent, rusty nail can be transformed into something unique and artistically expressive. In his subsequent works he has continued to challenge established concepts and to push the boundaries of photographic art. Dawid is not known for his portraits. Now, with the first full-scale exhibition of these works, visitors have the opportunity to discover a previously unknown aspect of his art. According to Dawid, pictures of friends were the starting point for most of the portraits. In many cases, he has used the same silhouette-like imagery as in his other works. Some of the portraits are reinterpretations of colleagues' images. In exceptional cases, such as his self-portrait, Dawid has abandoned the constraints of form and given free rein to emotions. Exhibition: Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Gripsholm Castle, Mariefred, Sweden (20.05.-27.08.2017).
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition held at the Statens porträttsamling, Gripsholms slott, May 20-August 27, 2017.

Includes bibliographical references.

Text in Swedish and English.