Maria Friberg’s video-work Commoncause (2008)takesplace in Stockholm’s Nationalmuseum. The artist merges common art historical themes such as war and violence with humour and mystery. Three hundred basketballs wrapped in velvet roll down the marble stairs in the museum’s grand hall. Some of the objects move fast, some slowly. Others stumble, but they all seem to be invading the space.
From the start, Friberg has carried out intuitive, anthropological research using contemporary men as the object of her work. Commoncause shows a change in her aesthetic expression, leaving portrayals of human beings and instead relying on more abstract forms.
