Björn Dawidsson
Björn Dawidsson (born June 7 1949 in Örebro), who publishes as Dawid, is a Swedish photographer based in Stockholm.[1][2]
Biography
In 1973 he Dawidsson had his first big solo exhibition Ingen älskar mig (Nobody Loves Me) at Liljevalchs konsthall in Stockholm with a selection of 50 small camera prints from 35mm negatives.
The Rost series marked a fundamental shift away from both the style of his previous images and the parameters of 'straight' representational photography.[3]
Dawidsson has been exhibited in many national and international museums and galleries and is represented in a number of significant art collections.
Solo exhibitions (selection)
- Swedish Photography, Berlin, Germany), 2013
- Landskrona Museum, (Landskrona, Sweden), 2012
- Swedish Photography, Berlin, Germany), 2011
- Fotografiska, (Stockholm, Sweden), 2010 and 2011
- Nordic Light, (Kristiansund, Norway), 2010
- Hasselblad Center, (Gothenburg, Sweden), 2009
- Skövde Museum, (Skövde, Sweden), 2008
- Liljevalchs Konsthall, (Stockholm, Sweden), 2008
- Millesgårdens Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden), 2005
- Centre Culturel Suédois, (Paris, France), 2002
- The Pentagram Gallery, (London, UK), 2001
- Galerie Priska Pasquer, (Cologne, Germany), 2001
- Galerie 213, Retrospective of large format works, (Paris, France) 1999
- Karlshamns Konsthall, Retrospective, (Karlshamn, Sweden), 1997
- Galleri Krister Fahl, (Stockholm, Sweden). 1994 (
- Folkwang Museum (Essen, Germany), M + M, large format works, 1993
- Malmö Konsthall (Malmö, Sweden) (DAGRAMS), photograms, 1989
- Centre Culturel Suédois, (Paris, France), 1986
- Upplandsmuseet, (Uppsala, Sweden), 1985
- Moderna Museet, “Rost” (Stockholm, Sweden) 1983
- Galleri Camera Obscura, (Stockholm, Sweden), 1980
- Liljevalchs Konsthall, “Ingen älskar mig”(Stockholm, Sweden) 1973
Books/Monographs (selection)
- Kars, 2011
- Hybris, Liljevalchs Konsthall (text Niclas Östlind), 2008
- Beautiful Frames, Steidl (Editor Michael Mack), 2001
- Mot fotografiet/Arbetsnamn Skulptur (Working Title: Sculpture), by Linde, Ulf, Carlsson Bokförlag, 1989
- Verkligen?!, by Dawid and Lind, Håkan, Bokförlaget, 1978, (reissued 2009, (text Niclas Östlind)
Collections
- Absolut Art Collection
- Bonnier Collection, Stockholm, Sweden
- Camera Obscura Collection, Stockholm, Sweden
- Centro Cultural Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City, Mexico
- Dorint Collection, Brussels, Belgium
- Erling Neby Collection, Norway
- Folkwang Museum, Essen
- Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Helsingborg Konstmuseum, Sweden
- Kalmar Konstmuseum, Kalmar, Sweden
- Landskrona Museum, Landskrona, Sweden
- Malmö Museum, Malmö, Sweden
- Manfred Heiting Collection, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Museet för samtidskunst, Oslo, Norway
- Nyky taiteen museo, Helsinki, Finland
- Rogaland Kunstmuseum, Stavanger, Norway
- The Hasselblad Collection, Gothenburg, Sweden
- The National Public Art Council, Sweden
- Upplands Konstmuseum, Uppsala, Sweden
- Örebro Läns Landsting, Sweden
References
- ^ Scandinavian Photography 1: Sweden - Volume 1 Daniel J. Strong, Niclas Östlind - 2005 But, while that exhibition included forty living photographers (three of whom — Björn Dawidsson, Lennart Durehed, and Otmar Thormann — are included in this exhibition), the catalogue for the exhibition deals mostly with establishing the ...
- ^ Bländande bilder: new trends and young photography in Sweden - Page 1 Leif Wigh, Åke Sidwall, Fotografiska museet - 1981 "One of the photographers to close ranks with Thormann and Smoliansky was Björn Dawidsson. His fragmented style, drawing inspiration from many different quarters, lent the new photography a clear and immediate freshness, combined with ...
- ^ Mack, Michael (2001). Michael Mack (ed.). Dawid Beautiful Frames. Göttingen, Germany: Steidl. p. 390. ISBN 3-88243-724-3.