Since she emerged on to the artistic scene in the 1990’s, Maria Friberg (1966, Sweden) has been exploring the dynamics that govern our time, by means of her painstakingly choreographed photographs and videos. Her images bring together a carefully controlled…
In her most recent series, 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 architectures. Inspired by urban landscapes,…
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…
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…
Maria Friberg explores themes of opposition. In today’s youth, she finds a newfound inner strength, beyond consumerism and empty entertainment. Sometimes, doing nothing, saying nothing, is the best way to achieve change – buy nothing, stop flying, stop fighting other…
Silent Revolution 1, 2019
Past Lines (2018) is a series of 3 photos. The ties are a symbol of Male structures that are now up in the air, a time for change.
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…