Martin Schibli

L’homme est-il au-dessus de la nature ? Ou existons-nous en fonction de la nature ? Ou est-il plus raisonnable, dans une perspective contemporaine, de considérer l’homme et la nature comme les pôles opposés d’un jeu à somme nulle ? Dans les tableaux de Caspar David Friedrich, le spectateur est constamment confronté à des questions concernant la place de l’homme dans l’univers et sa relation avec la nature.

par Martial Verdier , Martin Schibli et Olof Jarlbro

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Is man above nature ? Or do we exist on nature’s terms ? Or is it more reasonable from a contemporary perspective to regard man and nature as opposite poles in a zero-sum game ? In Caspar David Friedrich’s paintings, the viewer is constantly faced with questions based on man’s place in the universe and his relationship with nature. Friedrich’s paintings often interact in that man is something other than nature, but at the same time man and nature are also part of something greater in common.

par Martin Schibli et Olof Jarlbro

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Karl Magnus Petersson’s world moves between history, memory and cultural heritage with its impact on the present here and now. The artist captures fragments of events which can now be seen as past memories that may seem uncertain in the interplay between a public official history writing, the collective and the private memory. Memories that work in the past but to a very high degree can be real for their contemporaries, even if they are forgotten, repressed or hidden. They grab our attention.

par Karl Magnus Petersson et Martin Schibli

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