To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows Ryan Gander
To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows Ryan Gander
To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows Ryan Gander
To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows Ryan Gander
To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows Ryan Gander
To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows Ryan Gander
To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows Ryan Gander
To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows Ryan Gander
To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows Ryan Gander
To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows Ryan Gander
To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows Ryan Gander
To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows Ryan Gander
To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows Ryan Gander
To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows Ryan Gander
To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows Ryan Gander
To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows Ryan Gander
To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows Ryan Gander
To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows Ryan Gander
To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows Ryan Gander
To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows Ryan Gander
To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows Ryan Gander
To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows Ryan Gander
To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows Ryan Gander
To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows Ryan Gander
To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows Ryan Gander
To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows Ryan Gander
To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows Ryan Gander
To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows Ryan Gander
January 31—March 27, 2016
Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle

To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows Ryan Gander

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Exhibition view Outside Submerged in the grass are proposals for graves for three fictional characters that have recurred in the artist’s work. Photo © Rik Vannevel

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To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows is the first overview exhibition in Belgium of the work of British artist Ryan Gander (born 1976). In this exhibition, the various aspects of his multifaceted oeuvre can be discovered. His work can take the form of an action, a sculpture, an installation, but also a thought, a promise or an encounter. Ryan Gander likes to play with absurd logic and surprising insights about...
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Exhibition views

<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><div class="page" title="Page 8"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span><strong>Bad Language (The Iconography And Abstraction Of Thrill Explored)</strong>, </span><span>2015</span></p><p><strong>To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows</strong>, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium, 2016</p><p>© Ryan Gander</p></div></div></div></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><p><strong>Bad Language (The Iconography And Abstraction Of Thrill Explored)</strong>, 2015</p><p><strong>To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows</strong>, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium, 2016</p><p>© Ryan Gander</p></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><div class="page" title="Page 33"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span>Exhibition view</span><span><br /> </span><span>Proposals for graves for three fictional characters </span><span>that have recurred in the artist’s work </span></p><p><span><strong>To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows</strong>, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium, 2016</span></p><p><span>© Rik Vannevel</span></p></div></div></div></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><div class="page" title="Page 34"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span><strong>Our Time Is Limited </strong><strong>(Proposal For The Grave Of Vivi Enkyo)</strong>, </span><span>2016<br /> </span><span>Vivi Enkyo is the name of a fictional character that </span><span>has recurred in Ryan Gander’s work as part of the fi</span><span>ctional artist group Blue Conceptualists.<br /> </span></p><p><strong>To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows</strong>, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium, 2016</p><p>© Vik Vannevel</p></div></div></div></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><p>Exhibition view<br />Proposals for graves for three fictional characters that have recurred in the artist’s work </p><p><strong>To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows</strong>, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium, 2016</p><p>© Rik Vannevel</p></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><div class="page" title="Page 9"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span>Residual Work (Invest In Uncertainty), </span><span>2015<br /> </span><span>The room was filled with artificial mist, hovering about 30 cm from the ground but sometimes </span><span>wafting higher. Discreet speakers play a recording of a child’s voice reciting a spell comprising of names of one armed bandits from casinos.<br /> Sculptures made from timber discarded by various art schools, constructed to loosely resemble organic growth.<br /> </span></p><p><strong>To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows</strong>, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium, 2016</p><p>© Vik Vannevel</p></div></div></div></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><p><strong>Residual Work (Invest In Uncertainty)</strong>, 2015<br />The room was filled with artificial mist, hovering about 30 cm from the ground but sometimes wafting higher. Discreet speakers play a recording of a child’s voice reciting a spell comprising of names of one armed bandits from casinos.<br />Sculptures made from timber discarded by various art schools, constructed to loosely resemble organic growth.</p><p><strong>To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows</strong>, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium, 2016</p><p>© Vik Vannevel</p></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><p><strong>Residual Work (Invest In Uncertainty)</strong>, 2015<br />The room was filled with artificial mist, hovering about 30 cm from the ground but sometimes wafting higher. Discreet speakers play a recording of a child’s voice reciting a spell comprising of names of one armed bandits from casinos.<br />Sculptures made from timber discarded by various art schools, constructed to loosely resemble organic growth.</p><p><strong>To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows</strong>, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium, 2016</p><p>© Vik Vannevel</p></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><div class="page" title="Page 17"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span>Two metal doors resembling elevators. One is permanently </span><span>closed, the other appears stuck open, as its inside oor is </span><span>slightly elevated. Through the open passage another room of </span><span>the exhibition could be reached. </span></p><p><span>Elevator door, metal </span></p><p><strong>To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows</strong>, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium, 2016</p><p>© Vik Vannevel</p></div></div></div></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><p><strong>Residual Work (Invest In Uncertainty)</strong>, 2015<br />The room was filled with artificial mist, hovering about 30 cm from the ground but sometimes wafting higher. Discreet speakers play a recording of a child’s voice reciting a spell comprising of names of one armed bandits from casinos.<br />Sculptures made from timber discarded by various art schools, constructed to loosely resemble organic growth.</p><p><strong>To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows</strong>, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium, 2016</p><p>© Vik Vannevel</p></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><p>Exhibition view,</p><p><strong>To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows</strong>, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium, 2016</p><p>© Vik Vannevel</p></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><p>Exhibition view, </p><p><strong>To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows</strong>, Museum Dhondt-Dhanens, Deurle, Belgium, 2016</p><p>© Vik Vannevel</p></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><div class="page" title="Page 25"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span><strong>Mr Gander, My Fickle Friend</strong>, </span><span>2016<br /></span></p><p><strong>To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows</strong>, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium, 2016</p><p>© Vik Vannevel</p><p><span> </span></p></div></div></div></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><div class="page" title="Page 30"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span><strong>Toodaloo Vantongerloo (Of Friends And Rivals)</strong>, </span><span>2016 Architectural intervention<br /></span></p><div class="page" title="Page 30"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span>View through the blinds of dens on the left and the glass-walled atrium on the right.<br /> A shape based on a sculpture by the Belgian sculptor Georges Vantongerloo was cut into </span><span>the glass. The white in atable sculpture in </span><span>the courtyard referes to this shape, as if the sculpture had “escaped” through the glass </span><span>into the outside and there expanded in size. </span></p><p><strong>To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows</strong>, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium, 2016</p><p>© Vik Vannevel</p><p> </p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><p>Exhibition view, </p><p><strong>To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows</strong>, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium, 2016</p><p>© Vik Vannevel</p></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><div class="page" title="Page 26"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><strong>Lost In Their Own Recursive Narrative, </strong><span>2015 Unlimited<br /></span></p><div class="page" title="Page 26"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span>The artist instructs an invigilator to perform discreet, identical actions on a repetitive loop, as they walk continuously through </span><span>the exhibition space. Visitors who stay for a longer duration may experience this choreographed circuit, possibly identifying the </span><span>actions as an artwork, whilst those that invest less time into their visit do not have the work revealed to them. </span></p><p><strong>To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows</strong>, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium, 2016</p><p>© Vik Vannevel</p><p> </p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><p><strong>Lost In Their Own Recursive Narrative, </strong>2015 Unlimited</p><div class="page" title="Page 26"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p>The artist instructs an invigilator to perform discreet, identical actions on a repetitive loop, as they walk continuously through the exhibition space. Visitors who stay for a longer duration may experience this choreographed circuit, possibly identifying the actions as an artwork, whilst those that invest less time into their visit do not have the work revealed to them. </p><p><strong>To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows</strong>, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium, 2016</p><p>© Vik Vannevel</p><p> </p></div></div></div></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><p>Exhibition view, </p><p><strong>To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows</strong>, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium, 2016</p><p>© Vik Vannevel</p></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><p>Exhibition view, </p><p><strong>To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows</strong>, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium, 2016</p><p>© Vik Vannevel</p></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><div class="page" title="Page 25"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span><strong>Mr Gander, It’s A Rather Flu y Story</strong>, </span><span>2015 <br /></span></p><p><strong>To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows</strong>, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium, 2016</p><p>© Vik Vannevel</p><p> </p><p><span> </span></p></div></div></div></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><p>Exhibition view, </p><p><strong>To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows</strong>, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium, 2016</p><p>© Vik Vannevel</p></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><p>Exhibition view, </p><p><strong>To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows</strong>, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium, 2016</p><p>© Vik Vannevel</p></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><p>Exhibition view, </p><p><strong>To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows</strong>, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium, 2016</p><p>© Vik Vannevel</p></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><div class="page" title="Page 23"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span><strong>I be...(ii), </strong></span><span>2015<br /> </span><span>An existing large framed mirror over which a dust </span><span>sheet reproduced in marble resin has been draped </span><span>to cover the refection. </span></p><p><strong>To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows</strong>, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium, 2016</p><p>© Vik Vannevel</p></div></div></div></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><p>Exhibition view, </p><p><strong>To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows</strong>, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium, 2016</p><p>© Vik Vannevel</p></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><div class="page" title="Page 22"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><div class="page" title="Page 22"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><strong>On the right: I be ... (ii), </strong><span>2015,<br /> </span><span>An existing large framed mirror over which<br /> </span><span>a dust sheet reproduced in marble resin has </span><span>been draped to cover the reflection. </span></p><p> </p></div></div></div><p><span>As if caught during the installation, framed posters lean against the wall with already </span><span>a xed picture rails above.<br /> </span><span>The main entrance to this room (visible in the back of this image) has been closed shut </span></p><p><span>for the duration of the exhibition. On its left </span><span>a narrow door has been cut. An other small entrance doors was created for the room. </span></p><p><strong>To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows</strong>, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium, 2016</p><p>© Vik Vannevel</p></div></div></div></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><p>Exhibition view, </p><p><strong>To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows</strong>, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium, 2016</p><p>© Vik Vannevel</p></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><p>Exhibition view, </p><p><strong>To stand amongst the elements and to interpret what one knows</strong>, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium, 2016</p><p>© Vik Vannevel</p></div></div>

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Ryan Gander

Ryan Gander was born in 1976 in Chester, England. He received his First Class Degree, BA (Hons) in Interactive Art at Manchester Metropolitan University and was a Post-Graduate Fine Art Participant at...