We had a lovely start on our week as we, together with a wonderful gathering of people, got to present a new art piece in our collection – Changed Position, which has been donated to the school by Mats Arnhög,…
[2 February — 17 March, 2016] The evocative video piece Erna by Swedish artist Maria Friberg is the latest acquisition to Fotografiska’s permanent collection of photography and video art. The video piece is a tribute to Erna Hasselblad, founder of…
[Jan 28 – March 13] Hennes iscensättningar förmedlar berättelser om den moderna människans tillvaro i en värld i vilken vi definieras genom konsumtion, förförs av oändliga möjligheter och får behålla illusionen av makt. Dragana Vujanovic Curator, Hasselbladstiftelsen Blekinge Läns Tidning…
[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…