Antics
Hudiksvallsgatan 8
113 30 Stockholm
anticsgallery@gmail.com
@anticsgallery
Antics is a gallery located at Hudiksvallsgatan in
Stockholm. We, the artists Max Ronnersjö and Katarina Sylvan, consider
it an artwork in its own right and an investigation into art’s intrinsic
value vs. its use-value, explored through a conscious use of marketing,
documentation and paratexts. Antics’ conception was inspired by the
tradition of artist-run galleries, but primarily by a lack of space for
conceptual practices in the Stockholm art scene, be them local or
international. However, we do not exclusively exhibit artists explicitly
working within the legacy of Conceptual Art, as the criterion is more
interesting as a thought than it would be in practice. Antics has been a
way for us to take an active part in the Stockholm art scene and to
vitalise it — a mission as philanthropic as it is egoistic as we are
simultaneously creating the art scene we want to work within as artists.
This does not correspond to expecting everything we do to be
”successful” in the eyes of others, nor is that important to us. It is
important for us that what we do has good intentions and a sense of
urgency. It has to be do-able according to our personal finances and
means and we have to preserve a sense of freedom. We also change our
minds all the time. We do a show whenever we think there is momentum and
we feel excited for it. An artist is often invited to show with us
because we’d look forward to talking with them about art. Perhaps you
could say that we’re in it for the good conversation. Pleasure is the
driving principle. Sometimes not many people show up. Sometimes way too
many. Quantity is not important.