David Goldblatt
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Basic Data
David Goldblatt was a South African photographer best known for his critical visual essays documenting his homeland during and after apartheid.
- Born: 29 November 1930
- Place of birth: Randfontein, South Africa
- Died: 25 June 2018
- Nationality: South African
- Studied at: University of the Witwatersrand
- Era: Contemporary art
Exhibitions
- 26.02.21 – 31.12.21 Helga de Alvear Collection – Centro de Artes Visuales Helga de Alvear, Cáceres.
- 24.04.20 – 26.06.20 Allied with Power: African and African Diaspora Art from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection – Perez Art Museum -PAMM, Miami.
- 02.11.19 – 27.01.20 Mapping Worlds: Selected Works from the Scheryn Art Collection – Norval Foundation, Cape Town.
- 15.10.17 - 21.01.18 Resident Alien. The Marin Karmitz Collection - La Maison Rouge, Paris.
- 08.05.17 - 21.01.18 SERRALVES COLLECTION: 1960-1980 - Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto.
Awards
- 1987: Hallmark Fellow at the Aspen Conference in Design, Aspen, Colorado.
- 1992: Gahan Fellow in Photography at Harvard University.
- 1995: Camera Austria Prize.
- 2001: Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, University of Cape Town.
- 2006: Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography.
Literature
- David Goldblatt. Structures of dominion and democracy, Karolina Ziebinska-Lewandowska, David Goldblatt, Göttingen 2018.
- David Goldblatt. Südafrikanische Fotografien 1952 - 2006, Martin Parr (Publ.), Basel 2007.
- David Goldblatt. Hasselblad Award 2006, David Goldblatt, Ostfildern 2006.
Collections
Germany
- Ulm - The Walther Collection
England
- London - V&A Victoria and Albert Museum
- London - Marian Goodman Gallery
Denmark
- Copenhagen - The National Museum of Photography Copenhagen
Spain
- Barcelona - MACBA Barcelona
USA
- New York City - Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
- San Francisco - SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
South Africa
- Cape Town - Südafrikanische Nationalgalerie
- Johannesburg - Johannesburg Art Gallery
Weblinks
- David Goldblatt Kunstaspekte Exhibition and collection overview.
- www.goldblatt.co.za Official website of the artist.