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'''Annika Ström''' (born 9 November 1964<ref name=friezefoundation/> in [[Helsingborg]]{{cn|date=July 2014}}) is an artist from [[Swedes|Sweden]]. She lives in [[London]] and [[Hove]]<ref name=frieze>{{cite web|url=http://www.frieze.com/issue/article/annika_stroem/|title=Annika Ström|publisher=[[frieze (magazine)|frieze]]|number=119|date=November 2008|accessdate=2014-07-17}}</ref> in the [[United Kingdom]].
== Annika Ström ==
is a Swedish artist born 9th of November 1964 in [[Helsingborg]]. She is currently living in London & [[Hove]] in UK. <br />


Ström works mainly with film, performance and text works.Her work addresses subjective states of crisis and insecurity in songs, videos and text pieces displaying self-reflective phrases like ''Excuse me I am sorry'', ''Everything in this show can be used against me'', ''I am a better artist than I deserve''. In her films Ström draws upon details of everyday life and seemingly insignificant experiences usually accompanied by her own low-fi synth-pop soundtracks. She often works with members of her family. Her films often explores the subjects of failure <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/bound-fail|title=Bound to fall|publisher=[[Tate Etc.]]|date=1 May 2005|author=Christy Lange|accessdate=2014-07-17}}</ref>, loss and disappearance.
She works mainly with film, performance and text works.
Her work addresses subjective states of crisis and insecurity in songs, videos and text pieces displaying self-reflective phrases like ''Excuse me I am sorry'', ''Everything in this show can be used against me'', ''I am a better artist than I deserve''.
In her films Ström draws upon details of everyday life and seemingly insignificant experiences usually accompanied by her own low-fi synth-pop soundtracks. She often works with members of her family which creates emotive and intimate situations. Her films often explores the subjects of failure, loss and disappearance.
Her textworks consist of phrases, normally no more than a few words, transcribed onto sheets of paper or, onto a wall.
Her videos, songs and textworks are structured around the poetic transfiguration of the ordinary.


Ström's text works consist of phrases, normally no more than a few words, transcribed onto sheets of paper or, onto a wall.
Her videos, songs and text works are structured around the poetic transfiguration of the ordinary.


== Studies in Copenhagen ==


Ström studied at the [[Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts]] Copenhagen between 1991 and 1997. During her second year, 1993, she moved to Berlin and commuted to school. She remained in Berlin until she moved to the UK in 2005.
=== Studies in Copenhagen===


== First performance work ==
Ström studied at [http://www.kunstakademiet.dk/ Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts] Copenhagen, 91-97. During her second year [1993], she moved to Berlin and commuted to school.
She remained in Berlin until she moved to UK 2005.


Ström's first performance took place in 1995 with ''Anna Ström & Annika Ström'' at the Rupert Goldsworthy gallery space in [[Prenzlauerberg]] in Berlin. Her mother, Anna, was invited to work in the gallery, making portraits of her daughter over three days, which her mother then sold. Anna had not made a drawing for 43 years.


=== First Performance work===

Ström's first performance took place in 1995 with ''Anna Ström & Annika Ström'' at the Rupert Goldsworthy gallery space in [[Prenzlauerberg]] in Berlin.
Her mother Anna was invited to work in the gallery, making portraits of her daughter over three days, which her mother then sold. Anna had not made a drawing for 43 years.
Since the appearance of Anna Ström in her very first public work, Anna Ström has appeared in many of her films.
Since the appearance of Anna Ström in her very first public work, Anna Ström has appeared in many of her films.
In ''Collector'' (5 min 98) Anna shows her collection of Annika's early art school nude studies, as if they were old masterpieces. In 2008 Anna Ström developed severe [[Alzheimers]] which Ström depicted in ''I can hardly recognize myself ''(12 min 08), and the super8 films; ''Crystal Brain'' (1 min 10) and ''Sunshine Head'' (1 min 10).
In ''Collector'' Anna shows her collection of Annika's early art school nude studies, as if they were old masterpieces. In 2008 Anna Ström developed severe [[Alzheimers]] which Ström depicted in ''I can hardly recognize myself '', and the super8 films; ''Crystal Brain'' and ''Sunshine Head''.


== Film and soundtrack ==


In 1995 Ström did her first long-form video, ''Windowpillow- a Berlin habit '', about the East Berliner practice of leaning out of their windows, while resting their arms on pillows. The work included both film and pillows and was first shown at Saga Basement, an artist's run space. Having just graduated, this film contributed to her having her first solo show at Casey Kaplan gallery in New York 1997.

=== Film and Soundtrack ===

In 1995 Ström did her first long-form video, ''Windowpillow- a Berlin habit ''(13 min 95/97), about the East Berliner practice of leaning out of their windows, while resting their arms on pillows. The work included both film and pillows and was first shown at Saga Basement, an artist's run space. Having just graduated, this film contributed to her having her first solo show at Casey Kaplan gallery in New York 1997.
From 1995 Ström began to do her own film soundtracks. Using only a simple keyboard she scored for, ''Summer 96, The Artist Live, The Artist musical, Ten New Love Songs'', ''Six Songs For A Time Like This'' and ''16 Minutes''.
From 1995 Ström began to do her own film soundtracks. Using only a simple keyboard she scored for, ''Summer 96, The Artist Live, The Artist musical, Ten New Love Songs'', ''Six Songs For A Time Like This'' and ''16 Minutes''.
In many of these films she acts out different characters, best known perhaps is ''Swedish Traveller'' (3 min 95) and performing the art songs in ''Artist Musical'' (13 min 96). Ström has made over [http://www.annikastrom.net/index.php?/more-information/ 35 films]. In 2013 she directed the short film “The Swede” (13 min 13) featuring [[Gunnel Lindblom]] and Carina Westling.
In many of these films she acts out different characters, best known perhaps is ''Swedish Traveller'' (3 min 95) and performing the art songs in ''Artist Musical'' (13 min 96). Ström has made over 35 films. In 2013 she directed the short film “The Swede” featuring [[Gunnel Lindblom]] and Carina Westling.



=== Performing the Soundtrack ===

With these films she began to perform her soundtracks live and as the songs were short so were the concerts, and many missed the concerts, this resulted in the film ''The Missed Concert'' (4:30 min 04).
''The Missed Concert'' is part of what the artist calls her “Absent Films” including, ''After Film Trailer'' (3:30 min 08) and ''Been in Video'' (2min 03), exploring the subjects of failure and disappearance. She has published three [[vinyl records]] relating to the soundtrack to the films ''Summer96'' (3 min 96), ''The Artist Live'' (13 min 97) and ''Ten New Love Songs'' (22 min 99).




=== Performance work ===

In 2010 she made ''Ten Embarrassed Men'' at the London Frieze art fair where ten identically dressed men walked around together at the fair looking embarrassed. A comment to that so few works made by women, are represented at the commercial art fairs. This work gained much press attention worldwide. The work was followed by a series of other performances such as ''The Upset Man'' 2010, ''The Inept Five'' 2011, and the ongoing work of ''Seven Women Standing in the Way'' 2011-, where seven women in their 60s gently block the entrance of an art space, by talking, drinking and being oblivious to other visitor's attempts to enter the space. The performance work ''Look the other way''
at [[Winchester Great Hall]] and [http://www.solent.ac.uk/events/events-articles/2013/all-at-sea-at-citys-shanty-clash.aspx Shanty Clash]' were 2013 commissioned by [http://www3.hants.gov.uk/artsouth-strom artSouth] collaboration.



=== Text work ===

Since 2000 Ström has also worked extensively with text phrases, painted on both paper and canvas, of which many are in private and public collections.
2014 the [http://www.statenskonstrad.se/en Swedish Art Agency] commissioned her to do 10 texts works for the new build extension of LUX, the Humanities Department at [[Lund University]]. On the roof of the building a 10 meter long text in metal it will say; "men vänta nu". (Direct English translation is; "but wait now " meaning, “hold on”). The work which is permanent, is completed 28th of August 2014.



=== Teaching ===

Ström shared a Professorship with [[A. K. Dolven|A.K. Dolven]] at the [http://www.khio.no/Engelsk/Academy_of_Fine_Art/ The Academy of Fine Art Oslo] 2009-2010. There she created several workshops with titles such as ''Mamma or Pappa'', ''How to Change the Situation by Statistical Information! ''A workshop about the representation of women artist at public museums. The statistics were then read by Ströms father in the film, ''Ragnar Ström Reading Statistics in his Garden 2009'' (10 min). In the film, Ragnar, a former history teacher is reading statistics relating to his daughter profession in a dry, accusing manner. Another workshop'' Excuse me, I have to go the rest room'', took place in public toilets around Oslo, as spaces for displaying art.



=== Public Collections ===

Her work is in international collections such as [[Moderna Museet]], Stockholm. [[Malmö Art Museum]] Malmö. [[Statens Museum for Kunst]], Copenhagen. [http://www.nbk.org/en/video-forum/Annika_Stroem/ NBK, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein], Berlin. [[Wiener Secession]], Vienna. [[Museum of Contemporary Art (Belgrade)|Museum of Contemporary Art]], Belgrade. [http://www.migrosmuseum.ch/en/collection/works-in-collection/?no_cache=1&tx_museumplus%5Bartist%5D=5911&cHash=8cbb53a6d4f71b1c0e9af29a10b129c7 Migros Museum] Zürich. [http://acquisitions-1981-2009.videomuseum.fr/Navigart/index.php?db=fnacacq&qs=1 Le CNAP], National Center of Visual Arts, France. [http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/cultura/caac/english/frame.htm CCAC, Centro de Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo], Seville. [http://www.verbund.com/kt/en/sammlung/artists Sammlung Verbund], Vienna. [[Palais de Tokyo]], Paris. [[Göteborgs Konstmuseum]], Göteborg, Sweden



=== Gallery representation ===

Ström has worked with several commercial galleries.
Solo exhibitions were at Casey Kaplan, NY 1997, 1998, 2003, Galleri Charlotte Lund; Stockholm 2002, 2005, 2010, [[Gerhardsen Gerner]], 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012 Galleri Drantmann, Brussels 2003, Mary Goldman gallery LA 2001, 2004 and Lautom gallery, Oslo 2008.
She is represented by Gerhardsen Gerner Gallery Berlin and the art book publisher onestar press in Paris.

=== Selected Bibliography ===
==== Monographs ====

[http://www.secession.at/art/1999_stroem_e.html Annika Ström, Secession, Vienna], 1999<br />

Annika Ström. Manuscript song, Galleria Sonia Rosso, Pordenone, 2000<br />

Annika Ström, [http://www.onestarpress.com/Call-for-a-demonstration?art=143 Texts by Annika Ström, Onestar press], France 2005<br />

Annika Ström,[http://www.onestarpress.com/Texts-by-Annika-Strom?art=143 Texts by Annika Ström, Onestar press]. 2007<br />

[http://www.onestarpress.com/Annika-Strom-Live Annika Ström Live!] edited & designed by Christophe Boutin/ Onestar press/ Fälth&Hässler 2008<br />



==== Catalouges on Group exhibitions & Publications ====

2013 [http://www3.hants.gov.uk/artsouth-strom artSOUTH collaborations,] edited by Judy Adam<br />

2013 [http://www.contemporaryartdaily.com/2014/04/at-work-at-museum-für-gegenwartskunst-siegen/ At Work], Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen, Siegen DE<br />

2012 [http://www.e-flux.com/announcements/good-life-the-53rd-october-salon/ Good Life, 53rd October Salon] Geodesic Institute Belgrade<br />

2010 Failure, edited by [http://www.whitechapelgallery.org/shop/product/category_id/31/product_id/772?session_id=1404460360d2501f897ecc29be32ba36782a5eb7f8 Lisa Le Feuvre, White Chapel publications]<br />

2010 [http://shopcc.frieze.com/products/copy-of-frieze-art-fair-yearbook-2010-11 Frieze yearbook,] Frieze, London <br />

2010 You are scripted! Galerie Senn, Vienna<br />

2010 Vidéothèque éphémère-Faux Amis [http://www.jeudepaume.org/ Jeu de Paume]<br />

2010 Welt in der Hand/ World in your Hand, [http://kunsthausdresden.de/ Galerie für Gegenwartskunst, Dresden]<br />


== Performing the soundtrack ==
2009 [http://www.frieze.com/issue/review/walls_in_the_street/ Walls on the Street], Belgrade<br />


With these films Ström began to perform her soundtracks <ref>perform her soundtracks http://jonathangriffin.org/2011/05/26/annika-strom/</ref>live and as the songs were short so were the concerts, and many missed the concerts, this resulted in the film ''The Missed Concert'' . ''The Missed Concert'' is part of what Ström calls her “Absent Films” including, ''After Film Trailer'' and ''Been in Video'', exploring the subjects of failure and disappearance. She has published three [[vinyl records]] relating to the soundtrack to the films ''Summer96'', ''The Artist Live'' and ''Ten New Love Songs''.
2009 [http://www.thingsthatarenthuman.com/ Trying to cope with things that arent human], David Cunningham projects, San Fransisco


== Performance work ==
2008 [https://www.accaonline.org.au/shop/catalogue/acca-publications/intimacy Intimacy, Australien Center for Contemporary Art], Melbourne<br />


In 2010 Ström staged <ref name=guardian>{{cite news|url=http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2010/oct/13/frieze-art-fair-regents-park#/?picture=367631483&index=3|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|title=Frieze art fair in pictures: Roll up, roll up!|author=Andrew Dickson|date=14 October 2010|accessdate=2014-07-17}}</ref> at the London Frieze art fair where ten identically dressed men walked around together at the fair looking embarrassed.<ref name=friezefoundation>{{cite web|url=http://www.friezefoundation.org/commissions/detail/annika_stroem/|accessdate=2014-07-17|title=Freeze Projects 2010|publisher=[[Frieze (magazine)|frieze]]}}</ref> The caused of the embarassment was the low number of work produced by women artists <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/oct/17/valeria-napoleone-female-art-collector |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|title=Valeria Napoleone: why she only collects women's art|author=Vanessa Thorpe|date=17 October 2010|accessdate=2014-07-17}}</ref>that are represented at commercial art fairs.<ref name=friezefoundation/> This work gained much press attention <ref name=guardian/> <ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/10/19/frieze.art.highlights/index.html?iref=allsearch%20Frieze%20projects%5D CNN about Ström: Ten embarrassed Men] </ref>.{{cn|date=July 2014}} The work was followed by a series of other performances such as "The Upset Man" <ref>[http://www.templebargallery.com/gallery/exhibition/from-the-community-hall Ström: Solo show Temple Bar & Gallery, Dublin]</ref> 2010 and "The Inpet Five", ''<ref>[http://www.cornerhouse.org/art/art-events/between-2-commissions-by-annika-strom-and-louise-adkins Ström at Cornerhouse Manchester] </ref>2011. Another ongoing performance is the "Seven Women Standing In The Way"<ref>[http://www.dieraum.net/index.php?/exhibitions/2011-0005-annika-stroem/ Ström: Seven women standing in the way, Berlin]</ref> where seven women in their 60s gently block the entrance of an art space, by talking, drinking and being oblivious to other visitor's attempts to enter the space.
2007 Conversas, [http://universes-in-universe.de/car/mercosul/eng/2007/index.htm 6th Mercosul Biennale], Porto Alegre, Brazil<br />
The performance work "Look the other Way" <ref>http://www3.hants.gov.uk/artsouth-strom</ref> at [[Winchester Great Hall]] and Shanty Clash' were commissioned in 2013 by artSouth collaboration.


== Text work ==
2007 [http://www.whitechapelgallery.org/shop/product/category_id/31/product_id/126 The artist´s joke, ed. by Jennifer Higgie, White Chapel]


Since 2000 Ström has also worked extensively with text phrases, painted on both paper and canvas, of which many are in private and public collections. In 2014 the Swedish Art Agency commissioned her to do 10 texts works for the new build extension of LUX, the Humanities Department<ref> http://www.ht.lu.se/om-fakulteterna/lux-ett-nytt-ht-campus/invigning-av-lux/</ref> at [[Lund University]]. On the roof of the building a 10 meter long text in metal it will say; "men vänta nu". (Direct English translation is; "but wait now " meaning, “hold on”). The work which is permanent, is planned for completiom on 28 August 2014.


== Teaching ==


Ström held a part time professorship at the The Academy of Fine Art Oslo 2009-2010. There she created several workshops with titles such as ''Mamma or Pappa'', ''How to Change the Situation by Statistical Information! ''A workshop about the representation of women artist at public museums. The statistics were then read by Ströms father in the film, ''Ragnar Ström Reading Statistics in his Garden 2009''. In the film, Ragnar, a former history teacher is reading statistics relating to his daughter profession in a dry, accusing manner. Another workshop'' Excuse me, I have to go the rest room'', took place in public toilets around Oslo, as spaces for displaying art.


=== Press ===
== Public collections ==


Her work is in international collections such as [[Moderna Museet]], Stockholm. [[Malmö Art Museum]] Malmö. [[Statens Museum for Kunst]], Copenhagen. NBK, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin. [[Wiener Secession]], Vienna. [[Museum of Contemporary Art (Belgrade)|Museum of Contemporary Art]], Belgrade. Migros Museum Zürich. Le CNAP, National Center of Visual Arts, France. CCAC, Centro de Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo, Seville. Sammlung Verbund, Vienna. [[Palais de Tokyo]], Paris. [[Göteborgs Konstmuseum]], Göteborg, Sweden


== Gallery representation ==
[http://jonathangriffin.org/2011/05/26/annika-strom/ Jonathan Griffin]


Ström has been worked with numerous commercial galleries. Solo exhibitions were at Rupert Goldsworthy, Berlin1995, 1996. Casey Kaplan, NY 1997, 1998, 2003, Galleri Charlotte Lund; Stockholm 2002, 2005, 2010, [[Gerhardsen Gerner]], 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2008, 2012 Galleri Drantmann, Brussels 2003, Mary Goldman gallery LA 2000, 2004 and Lautom gallery, Oslo 2008.
[http://Konsten.net%20%5Bhttp://Konsten,net%20http://konsten.net/category/narbild/ Per Brunberg Intervju Konsten.net]


== Selected bibliography ==
[http://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/bound-fail Christy Lange Bound to fall Tate magazine]


=== Monographs ===
[http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/oct/17/valeria-napoleone-female-art-collector Article about Collector]


*Annika Ström, Secession, Vienna], 1999
[http://www.frieze.com/issue/article/annika_stroem/ Questionnaire Frieze]
*Annika Ström. Manuscript song, Galleria Sonia Rosso, Pordenone, 2000
*Annika Ström, Call for a Demonstration, Onestar press, France 2005
*Annika Ström,Texts by Annika Ström, Onestar press. 2007
*Annika Ström Live! edited & designed by Christophe Boutin/Onestar press/Fälth&Hässler 2008


=== Selected Catalogues on group exhibitions and publications ===
[http://www.svd.se/kultur/konst/med-foraldrar-i-fokus_5243071.svd Review Svenska dagbladet]


*2013 artSOUTH collaborations, edited by Judy Adam
[http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/10/19/frieze.art.highlights/index.html?iref=allsearch%20Frieze%20projects%5D CNN about Ten embarrassed Men]
*2013 At Work, Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen, Siegen DE
*2012 Good Life, 53rd October Salon Geodesic Institute Belgrade
*2010 Failure, edited by Lisa Le Feuvre, White Chapel publications
*2010 Frieze yearbook, Frieze, London
*2010 You are scripted! Galerie Senn, Vienna
*2010 Vidéothèque éphémère-Faux Amis Jeu de Paume
*2010 Welt in der Hand/ World in your Hand, Galerie für Gegenwartskunst, Dresden
*2009 Walls on the Street, Belgrade
*2009 Trying to cope with things that aren't human, David Cunningham projects, San Fransisco
*2008 Intimacy, Australien Center for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
*2007 Conversas, 6th Mercosul Biennale, Porto Alegre, Brazil
*2007 The artist´s joke, ed. by Jennifer Higgie, Whitechapel


== References ==
[http://www.friezefoundation.org/commissions/detail/annika_stroem/ Frieze commision]
{{reflist}}


Guardian [http://www.theguardian.com/culture/video/2010/oct/14/friezeartfair-david-shrigley Guardian/ Frieze art fair]




=== External Links===
== Further Reading ==


# Intervju Konstenhttp://konsten.net/du-far-anda-inte-veta-allt-intervju-med-annika-strom/
[http://www.annikastrom.net Official Website]
# Artaids [http://www.artaids.com/blog/2012/06/27/upcoming-festival-internacional-de-benicassim-2012-12-15-07-annika-strom/ Ström commission: ArtAids 2012]
# Ström Solo show [http://www.afterartnews.com/116_tank-att-allt-blev-sa-har-annika-strom-solo-show-at-ystad-art-museum-south-of-sweden-september-2008/ Ström:Afterartnews]
# Ström Review [http://www.svd.se/kultur/konst/med-foraldrar-i-fokus_5243071.svd Ström Review: Svenska dagbladet/ Swedish]
# Cellproject [http://cellprojects.org/content/annika-ström Ström: Cellprojects London]
# Guardian [http://www.theguardian.com/culture/video/2010/oct/14/friezeartfair-david-shrigley Guardian/ Ström at Frieze art air]


[http://Berlin%20gallery www.gerhardsengerner.com]<br />


== External links ==
[http://Publisher www.onestarpress.com]
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Annika Ström (born 9 November 1964[1] in Helsingborg[citation needed]) is an artist from Sweden. She lives in London and Hove[2] in the United Kingdom.

Ström works mainly with film, performance and text works.Her work addresses subjective states of crisis and insecurity in songs, videos and text pieces displaying self-reflective phrases like Excuse me I am sorry, Everything in this show can be used against me, I am a better artist than I deserve. In her films Ström draws upon details of everyday life and seemingly insignificant experiences usually accompanied by her own low-fi synth-pop soundtracks. She often works with members of her family. Her films often explores the subjects of failure [3], loss and disappearance.

Ström's text works consist of phrases, normally no more than a few words, transcribed onto sheets of paper or, onto a wall. Her videos, songs and text works are structured around the poetic transfiguration of the ordinary.

Studies in Copenhagen

Ström studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Copenhagen between 1991 and 1997. During her second year, 1993, she moved to Berlin and commuted to school. She remained in Berlin until she moved to the UK in 2005.

First performance work

Ström's first performance took place in 1995 with Anna Ström & Annika Ström at the Rupert Goldsworthy gallery space in Prenzlauerberg in Berlin. Her mother, Anna, was invited to work in the gallery, making portraits of her daughter over three days, which her mother then sold. Anna had not made a drawing for 43 years.

Since the appearance of Anna Ström in her very first public work, Anna Ström has appeared in many of her films. In Collector Anna shows her collection of Annika's early art school nude studies, as if they were old masterpieces. In 2008 Anna Ström developed severe Alzheimers which Ström depicted in I can hardly recognize myself , and the super8 films; Crystal Brain and Sunshine Head.

Film and soundtrack

In 1995 Ström did her first long-form video, Windowpillow- a Berlin habit , about the East Berliner practice of leaning out of their windows, while resting their arms on pillows. The work included both film and pillows and was first shown at Saga Basement, an artist's run space. Having just graduated, this film contributed to her having her first solo show at Casey Kaplan gallery in New York 1997. From 1995 Ström began to do her own film soundtracks. Using only a simple keyboard she scored for, Summer 96, The Artist Live, The Artist musical, Ten New Love Songs, Six Songs For A Time Like This and 16 Minutes. In many of these films she acts out different characters, best known perhaps is Swedish Traveller (3 min 95) and performing the art songs in Artist Musical (13 min 96). Ström has made over 35 films. In 2013 she directed the short film “The Swede” featuring Gunnel Lindblom and Carina Westling.

Performing the soundtrack

With these films Ström began to perform her soundtracks [4]live and as the songs were short so were the concerts, and many missed the concerts, this resulted in the film The Missed Concert . The Missed Concert is part of what Ström calls her “Absent Films” including, After Film Trailer and Been in Video, exploring the subjects of failure and disappearance. She has published three vinyl records relating to the soundtrack to the films Summer96, The Artist Live and Ten New Love Songs.

Performance work

In 2010 Ström staged [5] at the London Frieze art fair where ten identically dressed men walked around together at the fair looking embarrassed.[1] The caused of the embarassment was the low number of work produced by women artists [6]that are represented at commercial art fairs.[1] This work gained much press attention [5] [7].[citation needed] The work was followed by a series of other performances such as "The Upset Man" [8] 2010 and "The Inpet Five", [9]2011. Another ongoing performance is the "Seven Women Standing In The Way"[10] where seven women in their 60s gently block the entrance of an art space, by talking, drinking and being oblivious to other visitor's attempts to enter the space. The performance work "Look the other Way" [11] at Winchester Great Hall and Shanty Clash' were commissioned in 2013 by artSouth collaboration.

Text work

Since 2000 Ström has also worked extensively with text phrases, painted on both paper and canvas, of which many are in private and public collections. In 2014 the Swedish Art Agency commissioned her to do 10 texts works for the new build extension of LUX, the Humanities Department[12] at Lund University. On the roof of the building a 10 meter long text in metal it will say; "men vänta nu". (Direct English translation is; "but wait now " meaning, “hold on”). The work which is permanent, is planned for completiom on 28 August 2014.

Teaching

Ström held a part time professorship at the The Academy of Fine Art Oslo 2009-2010. There she created several workshops with titles such as Mamma or Pappa, How to Change the Situation by Statistical Information! A workshop about the representation of women artist at public museums. The statistics were then read by Ströms father in the film, Ragnar Ström Reading Statistics in his Garden 2009. In the film, Ragnar, a former history teacher is reading statistics relating to his daughter profession in a dry, accusing manner. Another workshop Excuse me, I have to go the rest room, took place in public toilets around Oslo, as spaces for displaying art.

Public collections

Her work is in international collections such as Moderna Museet, Stockholm. Malmö Art Museum Malmö. Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen. NBK, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin. Wiener Secession, Vienna. Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade. Migros Museum Zürich. Le CNAP, National Center of Visual Arts, France. CCAC, Centro de Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo, Seville. Sammlung Verbund, Vienna. Palais de Tokyo, Paris. Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Göteborg, Sweden

Ström has been worked with numerous commercial galleries. Solo exhibitions were at Rupert Goldsworthy, Berlin1995, 1996. Casey Kaplan, NY 1997, 1998, 2003, Galleri Charlotte Lund; Stockholm 2002, 2005, 2010, Gerhardsen Gerner, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2008, 2012 Galleri Drantmann, Brussels 2003, Mary Goldman gallery LA 2000, 2004 and Lautom gallery, Oslo 2008.

Selected bibliography

Monographs

  • Annika Ström, Secession, Vienna], 1999
  • Annika Ström. Manuscript song, Galleria Sonia Rosso, Pordenone, 2000
  • Annika Ström, Call for a Demonstration, Onestar press, France 2005
  • Annika Ström,Texts by Annika Ström, Onestar press. 2007
  • Annika Ström Live! edited & designed by Christophe Boutin/Onestar press/Fälth&Hässler 2008

Selected Catalogues on group exhibitions and publications

  • 2013 artSOUTH collaborations, edited by Judy Adam
  • 2013 At Work, Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen, Siegen DE
  • 2012 Good Life, 53rd October Salon Geodesic Institute Belgrade
  • 2010 Failure, edited by Lisa Le Feuvre, White Chapel publications
  • 2010 Frieze yearbook, Frieze, London
  • 2010 You are scripted! Galerie Senn, Vienna
  • 2010 Vidéothèque éphémère-Faux Amis Jeu de Paume
  • 2010 Welt in der Hand/ World in your Hand, Galerie für Gegenwartskunst, Dresden
  • 2009 Walls on the Street, Belgrade
  • 2009 Trying to cope with things that aren't human, David Cunningham projects, San Fransisco
  • 2008 Intimacy, Australien Center for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
  • 2007 Conversas, 6th Mercosul Biennale, Porto Alegre, Brazil
  • 2007 The artist´s joke, ed. by Jennifer Higgie, Whitechapel

References

  1. ^ a b c "Freeze Projects 2010". frieze. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
  2. ^ "Annika Ström". frieze. November 2008. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
  3. ^ Christy Lange (1 May 2005). "Bound to fall". Tate Etc. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
  4. ^ perform her soundtracks http://jonathangriffin.org/2011/05/26/annika-strom/
  5. ^ a b Andrew Dickson (14 October 2010). "Frieze art fair in pictures: Roll up, roll up!". The Guardian. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
  6. ^ Vanessa Thorpe (17 October 2010). "Valeria Napoleone: why she only collects women's art". The Guardian. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
  7. ^ CNN about Ström: Ten embarrassed Men
  8. ^ Ström: Solo show Temple Bar & Gallery, Dublin
  9. ^ Ström at Cornerhouse Manchester
  10. ^ Ström: Seven women standing in the way, Berlin
  11. ^ http://www3.hants.gov.uk/artsouth-strom
  12. ^ http://www.ht.lu.se/om-fakulteterna/lux-ett-nytt-ht-campus/invigning-av-lux/


Further Reading

  1. Intervju Konstenhttp://konsten.net/du-far-anda-inte-veta-allt-intervju-med-annika-strom/
  2. Artaids Ström commission: ArtAids 2012
  3. Ström Solo show Ström:Afterartnews
  4. Ström Review Ström Review: Svenska dagbladet/ Swedish
  5. Cellproject Ström: Cellprojects London
  6. Guardian Guardian/ Ström at Frieze art air


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