Dries Van Noten is honored to announce his invitation to Ryan Gander to exhibit Feelin’ everythin’, whilst doin’ nothin’ at The Little House, 451 N. La Cienega Blvd in Los Angeles. Available to the public February 14th until March 25th, 2023.
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.
“Sometimes I feel too much and do too little. Other times I do too much and feel too little. When you make art there’s a sweet spot between many opposites, like giving too much information or being too ambiguous, feeling and doing is another obvious one.” -Ryan Gander
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.
The exhibition is made possible through the generous support of Lisson Gallery.
