There is a particular part of Maria Friberg’s and Peter Stridsberg’s exhibition Blicka that I want to start with, even if it concerns their methods rather than the artworks. After all, the end result and the method are connected in…
For Swedes, the forest is still a deep well of meaning and cultural importance. A nation of farmers, we became urbanized late. Even as the suburbs surrounding the major cities were planned, they were placed far apart, with stretches of…
In her most recent series, Force Majeure, Maria Friberg takes us into a staged world that contains real features. At first the mise-en-scène holds our gaze, then directs it towards the astute transformation of objects into imaginary architecture. Inspired by…
Maria Friberg och Peter Stridsberg i sommarens utställning i Umeå konsthall. Maria Friberg och Peter Stridsberg, två konstnärer från olika generationer. De arbetar med fotografiska scener som skildrar övergången mellan människa och natur. I den gemensamma utställningen Blicka får vi…
Maria Friberg slog igenom med bilder som genom affärsmannens form i relation till vatten, utforskade makt, maskulinitet och människans relation till naturen. Genom att sätta dem i ett möte med ett annat element fördes man in på okänd mark, över…
Oceans and Seas, edition 2021.
In the series Mirroring Nature, Maria Friberg makes a strong and committed statement and confronts the viewer with his own guilt. The details of the landscapes captured in each work reflect the face of those who approach them. It invites…
Resistance – A porcelain sculpture, 53 cm long [2018-2019]
[February 3 – April 9, 2022] For Swedes, the forest is still a deep well of meaning and cultural importance. A nation of farmers, we became urbanized late. Even as the suburbs surrounding the major cities were planned, they were…
[January 28 – March 20, 2022] ’The Own in the Foreign Views into the Collection Detlev Blenk’ at the museum Bensheim in Germany. I’m taking part with my photo ’Still Lives 10’. More info here.