Price Auditorium
Art Institute of Chicago
111 South Michigan Avenue
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Ryan Gander, This Consequence, 2005,
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Thursday Apr 1, 2010 (6pm)
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$20
“The title of conceptual artist Ryan Gander's upcoming talk at the Art Institute, "The First Day I Met an Aurefilian," betrays his tendency toward abstruseness; Gander's work, enormously varied in output and process, has included an existential film study of actor David Lange and an installation of crystal balls etched with the image of a piece of falling paper. But he's also gifted at articulating and describing artistic practices, and his investment in the discourse surrounding art production results in both work that contains strong narrative elements as well as intriguing (if not always effortless) conversation.”
Monica Westin, Flavorpill
SCA says:
Working within the tradition of conceptual art, Ryan Gander's multifaceted practice interweaves factual and fictional narrative elements and a wide range of references that encompass early Modernism, architecture, popular culture, art history, design, and children’s literature. Balancing self-reflexivity and humor, his installations at times appear purposely incomplete. For example, What the Postman Brought, 2007, consists of two nails, an empty bookstand, a vacant frame, and a wall text that refers to missing objects — documents from the unpublished writings of the Irish comedian Spike Milligan, a copy of The Adventures of the Black Hand Gang by Hans Jürgen Press, and a painting by Mark Tansey. Leaving clues for the viewer to piece together, Gander’s work blends cultural and fictive references in a lighthearted play on compositional structure and fragmented comprehension.
