Maria Friberg

Born 1966 in Malmö, Sweden

Most of her work revolves about themes of power, masculinity and man’s relationship to nature. She creates ambiguous 'tableaux' that challenge preconceived notions about identity, gender and social hierarchies. Her most recent pieces look both outwards, to the challenges in contemporary society, and inwards, to a meditative state of mind.
Selected exhibitions: Nordic Heritage Museum Seattle; Galleri 3, Kulturhuset, Stockholm; Global Feminisms, Brooklyn Museum, New York (curators M. Reilly and L. Nochlin); Blown Out, Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University, New York; Göteborgs Konsthall, Gothenburg; Fotomuseum Winterthur; Udda Veckor (odd weeks), Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Night train, Kiasma, Helsinki.



Maria Friberg, 'commoncause', 2008, still from HD film, 7,5 min loop