Daniel Blaufuks uses mainly photography and video, presenting his work through books, installations and films. He has a predilection for issues such as the connection between time and space and the intersection between private and public memory. The artist has exhibited widely in group and solo shows throughout Portugal and internationally in Spain, France, UK, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Mexico, USA and Brazil. Blaufuks’ work is held in many public collections, including those of the Byrd Hoffman Foundation, New York, Centro de Arte Moderna da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporânea, Santiago de Compostela, Colecção BES, Lisbon, Fundação PLMJ, Lisbon, MEIAC, Badajoz, Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Funchal, Museu de Arte Contemporânea - Colecção Berardo, Sintra, Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena, Sagamore Art Collection, Miami and The Progressive Collection, Ohio. Among other awards, he was nominated for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize (2007, 2015), shortlisted for the Pilar Citoler Award, 2007 and the European Photography Award, 1996. In 1990 he won the Kodak National Award, in 2007 the BES Photo Award, and in 2016 Daniel Blaufuks the AICA - International Association of Art Critics Award for Visual Arts.
Hahnemühle Baryta Paper
100 x 150 cm
C-print
70 x 100 cm
C-print
70 x 100 cm
Hahnemühle Baryta Paper
100 x 150 cm
Hahnemühle Baryta Paper
100 x 150 cm
C-print, 120 x 160 cm
Inkjet print
80 x 80 cm
Inkjet print
80 x 80 cm
Inkjet print
80 x 80 cm
Inkjet print, 120 x 160 cm
C-print, 160 x 120 cm
"Blaufuks is interested in that suspended moment, that is his decisive moment, precisely the non-decision, the event resulting from the space between two virtual events, the moment of lack of communication in this universe of continuous communication, of saturation of apparently decisive instants that do not allow the encountering of meaning, at every second, in a simple gesture. Thus, each photograph points out an option, a choice, a phrase, word or story. As Blaufuks himself pointed out recently: “These are places and non-places that stick to your memory for reasons beyond the lines of your map or the lines in your mind. You stay here because of a face you saw on the street or because of the weather or because your car broke down. Or maybe you just want to finish the book you are reading. And then there you are, lying on a strange bed in a foreign room thinking about what is behind you and wondering what lies ahead. You stare at the enclosing wall.” David Barro
C-print, 120 x 160 cm
Print on cotton paper
30 x 45 cm
Print on cotton paper
30 x 45 cm
Print on cotton paper
30 x 45 cm
Inkjet Print (Hahnemühle barita)
100 x 100 cm
Inkjet Print (Hahnemühle barita)
100 x 100 cm
Inkjet print (Hahnemühle barita)
100 x 100 cm