David Goldblatt

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

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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.