DAWID
Subtitle: O A S
By: redaktör, Linda Bergman ; text, Sune Norgren
Publisher: Kalejdoskop förlag
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Åhus
Language: swe
ISBN-13: 9789179361297
Copyright date: 2020
Subjects: Photography of sculpture; Sculpture; Pictorial works; Black-and-white photography
Description: A new still life series by Dawid (Björn Dawidsson). It's an interplay between photography and art, between the camera and the subject, between investigation and viewing. When Dawid rebuilds his still lifes, he steps on classic ground, approaching an artistic practice that has trodden up paths as worn as exercise loops. Everyone has been here and sweating. But Dawid does it with a completely new compass, as if he did not know, or wanted to know, where it's barking '. (From the text by Sune Nordgren) medium. With an intellectual sharpness, pronounced sensuality and a strong sense of form, he creates images in which both established perceptions of genres and the relationship between forms of expression are set in motion. Dawid is a transgressor in several respects. Already with the exhibition Nobody Loves Me at Liljevalch's Art Gallery in Stockholm in 1973, he claimed - in opposition to the prevailing documentary ideals - photography as an artistic medium. He is one of those who early experimented with large negative formats and the exhibition Rust at the Museum of Photography in the Museum of Modern Art in 1983 shook the Swedish photographic scene. - Niclas Östlind.

A new still life series by Dawid (Björn Dawidsson). It's an interplay between photography and art, between the camera and the subject, between investigation and viewing. När Dawid bygger sina stilleben på nytt, beträder han klassisk mark, närmar sig en konstnärlig praktik som trampat upp stigar lika utnötta som motionsslingor. Här har alla varit och svettats. Men Dawid gör det med en helt ny kompass, som om han inte visste, eller ville veta, varthän det barkar'.(ur texten av Sune Nordgren) Dawid hör till de fotografer som framgångsrikt riktat blicken mot både motivet framför kameran och mot fotografin som medium. Med en intellektuell skärpa, utpräglad sinnlighet och stark formkänsla skapar han bilder där såväl etablerade uppfattningar om genrer som relationen mellan uttrycksformer sätts i rörelse. Dawid är en gränsöverskridare i flera avseenden. Redan med utställningen Ingen älskar mig på Liljevalchs konsthall i Stockholm 1973 hävdade han - i opposition mot de rådande dokumentära idealen - fotografin som ett konstnärligt medium. Han hör till de som tidigt experimenterade med stora negativformat och utställningen Rost på Fotografiska museet i Moderna museet 1983 skakade om den svenska fotografiska scenen. - Niclas Östlind.
Notes: Chiefly illustrated.