Roj Friberg
Roj Friberg, lithograph in colours, signed with monogram and numbered XVIII/XXV, and dated -93.
”Dödens ö”. From the series inspired by August Strindberg's drama ”Spöksonaten”. Ed 160 plus 25 HC. S: 53 x 73 cm (BFK Rives).
The general impression is good. Not framed.
Literature
Roj Friberg, "Katalog, skisser och kommentarer till grafisk mapp med 15 blad inspirerade av August Strindbergs Spöksonaten : utförda under åren 1988-93", Duro Grafiska, Stockholm, 1994. Illustrated p. 15.
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I slutet av 1980-talet blev Lena Cronqvist och Roj Friberg, två svenska konstnärer med starka, egensinniga bildspråk, kontaktade av den parisiske galleristen Edouard Weiss. Han ville att de skulle tolka varsin valfri Strindbergspjäs i en serie litografier som han skulle ge ut.
Fribergs återkommande motiv med söndervittrade fasader passade väl med ”Spöksonaten”, en pjäs om unken, instängd högborgerlighet från förra sekelskiftet. Bakom garderobsdörren i Fribergs bild väntar mardrömslika hemligheter.
Artist
Roj Friberg was born in Uddevalla, he began his artistic career while studying at the School of Arts and Crafts in Gothenburg to later continue at Valand Academy from 1961 to 64. Friberg uses several distinctive techniques. He mixes graphics, drawing, painting. He utilises unconventional tools such as dentist drills. His works can be executed on specially prepared canvases, such as lacquered or etched ones. His visual world is both strongly realistic and dream-like. For a period of time his choice of motifs were relatively political and "alltogether protest-base", such as his famous work "Juntan" from the 1970s. Roj Friberg is represented in several of Sweden's greatest museums and has even done several charitable projects, such as at Östra Sjukhuset in Gothernburg.
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