About us

Origins

My name is Rolf Friberg, founder and curator of the Anturion Gallery for contemporary art from the Amazon.

The gallery grew out of the years I spent in the Amazon, living and working alongside people from different communities.

We present artists whose work offers insights into one of the world’s most culturally diverse regions.

Worldview

The Indigenous worldview is not a relic of the past.

In many parts of the Amazon, it continues to shape cultural identity, daily life, and people’s relationship with nature.

Contemporary artists give visible form to myths, narratives, and spiritual worlds, helping to pass on inherited ideas and experiences to new generations.

Significance

These works express experiences and worldviews that are often overlooked in global discussions.

They broaden our understanding of culture and identity, and remind us that there is more than one way of making sense of the world.

At the same time, they offer different perspectives on how people, communities, and the natural world are connected.

Art That Looks at Us

Human symbolic expression and the visual traditions of the Amazon reach back millennia and continue to this day in ever new forms and perspectives.

It opens a space in which the familiar no longer seems self-evident, and the relationship with nature can be experienced as something fundamental.

It is an invitation to question our certainties and to see the seemingly known with new eyes.

In Dialogue

Through exhibitions and talks, I invite audiences to discover the world of contemporary art from the Amazon.

Many of these works speak for themselves. Yet they gain greater depth when their cultural context is understood.

Making these connections visible and opening a path for others to the art and culture of the Amazon means a great deal to me.

Art doesn’t change the world, but it changes how we see it

I am convinced that art has the power to touch us, to connect us, and to bring about change.

Contemporary art from the Amazon deepens understanding between cultures and invites us to engage more consciously with our world.

It draws on cultural traditions and forms of knowledge that have developed over generations,
and encourages us to reflect on our place in nature.

We present art that is inseparably linked to the Amazon and its people.
The protection of their habitat and respect for their rights matter to us.
Anturion Gallery supports initiatives working on the ground toward these goals.