Piles of Dreams at Lidköpings Konsthall, Lidköping
[June 4- August 14] I sommar visar Lidköpings konsthall ett urval av fotografier och videoverk av Maria Friberg. Hon är en av Sveriges mest etablerade foto- och videokonstnärer med utställningar…
Changed Position in the collection of Stockholm School of Economics
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,…
Erna in the permanent collection of Fotografiska
[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…
Piles of dreams at Karlskrona Konsthall, Karlskrona
[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…
Piles of Dreams at Norrtälje Konsthall
[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…
[Distortion 2015]
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…
[Piles of Dreams 2015]
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…
[Days of Eyes 2014]
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…
Behind the scenes interview with C-print
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…