february 14th, 2023 — march 25th, 2023
Feelin' everythin', whilst doin' nothin'
FEELIN' EVERYTHIN', WHILST DOIN' NOTHIN'
Dries Van Noten is delighted to present Ryan Gander at The Little House, 451 N. La Cienega Blvd. The solo presentation continues Gander’s preoccupations with the fluctuating value systems of time, money, opportunity, attention and privilege. Materializing in Los Angeles through new and recent sculptures and installations, Gander’s associative process involves a questioning of language and knowledge, as well as a reinvention of both the modes of appearance and the creation of an artwork. Ultimately a set of hidden clues to be deciphered, the exhibition encourages viewers to make their own associations and invent their own narrative in order to unravel the complexities staged by the artist.
The presentation brings together a selection of works made in the last five years. Highlights include two new animatronic sculptures: Everything in its place (2023), a life-sized mosquito, randomly twitching as if about to die, found on a plaque with the details of the artwork itself, discarded on top of standard museum plinth – perhaps prior to installing the exhibition; and Bound by things (2023), a magpie perched on top of a framed, highly reflective black monochromatic artwork. The bird counts backwards to herself in the voice of a young girl, from 100 to 0 in an endless loop of futility.
ABOUT RYAN GANDER
Ryan Gander has established an international reputation through artworks that materialize in many different forms – from sculpture to film, writing, graphic design, installation, performance and more besides. Through associative thought processes that connect the everyday and the esoteric, the overlooked and the commonplace, Gander’s work involves a questioning of language and knowledge, as well as a reinvention of both the modes of appearance and the creation of an artwork. His work can be reminiscent of a puzzle, or a network with multiple connections and the fragments of an embedded story. It is ultimately a huge set of hidden clues to be deciphered, encouraging viewers to make their own associations and invent their own narrative in order to unravel the complexities staged by the artist.
Ryan Gander lives and works in Suffolk and London. He studied at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK; the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, Netherlands; and the Jan van Eyck Akademie, Maastricht, Netherlands. The
artist has been a Professor of Visual Art at the University of Huddersfield and holds an honorary Doctor of the Arts at the Manchester Metropolitan University and the University of
Suffolk. In 2017 he was awarded an OBE for services to contemporary art. Recent solo shows have been held at East Gallery at Norwich University, Norwich, UK (2022); Space K Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea (2021); Lisson Gallery, New York, USA (2020); Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland (2019); BASE / Progetti per l’arte, Florence, Italy (2018); TARO NASU, Tokyo, Japan (2018). Gander is represented by Lisson Gallery.
Photo by Philip Sinden
Photography
© Ryan Gander; Courtesy the artist and Lisson Gallery.
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Feelin’ everythin’, whilst doin’ nothin’
Feelin’ everythin’, whilst doin’ nothin’