[8 January – 21 February 2016] Maria Fribergs nya videoverk Matador visar kontrasten mellan människans civiliserade värld och naturens överväldigande krafter. I början av videoverket ser vi en klar vattensamling som på ytan rör sig i spiraler och formar djupa…
DEPICTIONS OF CONTEMPORARY LIFE At first glance, Maria Friberg’s works appear to be stagings of fictitious and dreamlike worlds. At the same time, she uses photography – a medium that is closely associated with reality and that is used as…
The Piles of Dreams series circles the theme of Man’s ruthless exploitation of Planet Earth, but also proposes the notion that Mankind has the possibility to create something beautiful from chaos; something constant from the destructive agenda of our age.…
Days of Eyes (2014) was photographed at the Botanical Garden in Uppsala, Sweden. The images depict figures standing against trees hung with tropical vines. Amongst the vines heavy black cables merge with the existing plant life. We depend on cables…
I take C-print behind the scenes of my recent work ”Matador”; a video which allegorizes the fragility of life and which revolves around a vortex of water. The work will be presented at Galleri Andersson Sandström in Stockholm on December 10 as…
Galleri Andersson/Sandström is proud to present our first solo exhibition with Maria Friberg. Maria Friberg is part of the generation of artists that came up during the 90’s and was known as ‘the Nordic Miracle’. These artists were given a great deal of…
This film is a documentary when I did a commission for four stairways, I made four unique photos. The houses are condominiums in Barkarby, Stockholm, Sweden. 2014-2015. Construction Company: BRABO Arcitect: Thomas Eriksson Arkitekter
Pi Artworks Istanbul/London is excited to announce that it will present a solo booth of work by Scandinavian photographer Maria Friberg at Unseen Amsterdam, which will open to the public on the 18th September. The booth will bring together editions…
With works from its own collection, the Gothenburg Museum of Art focuses on romantic strands in postmodernism during the last decades of the 20th century. Characterised as an anti-romantic aesthetic, a remarkable amount of artists of the so-called postmodern era…