Seeing Ryan Gander

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In this episode of the Seeing series, Carrie chats with conceptual artist Ryan Gander. 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.

From Carrie: "Ryan Gander has a giant opening coming up at the Pola Museum in Japan and so we came to the studio today to talk to him about the show and everything he's gotgoing on and guess what? We didn't talk about it at all and that's totally fine because there are hundreds of great interviews that Ryan has given that explain his practice and talk about his work because this man is a megastar in the contemporary art world. What we did today was kind of talk more personally about the point of art and why he does what he does, but also, like, what we're getting wrong. We got into, like, the deep big stuff that really bends my mind and,like, keeps me up at night and I think keeps him up at night and really got to the heart of why any of us do what we do. It was a great conversation and yet again, this is the third time I've got to interview him. I've walked away beinglike, 'Oh, that's the point. That's the point of all of this.' It's epic."

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