I need some meaning I can memorize (The Invisible Pull)
I need some meaning I can memorize (The Invisible Pull) is an interactive work composed of six fans hidden from the viewer. When visitors enter the room where the installation is displayed, it is completely empty; they feel nothing but a simple breeze that “draws people into the space,” says Gander. It took five years of work and technological development to achieve this result. The artist attaches great importance to this empty space, which allows him to question notions of use, function, and cost. Through this work, he questions the way in which a space with a large scope can be consumed by small ideas. The museum space and the exhibition space are represented by this place because of its almost sacred, all-white quality, in which one must be discreet. Gander also wants to astonish the viewer, who does not understand where the breeze is coming from. With this approach, he focuses on the relationship between visitors and his work. This work also allows him to question the materiality of art: can art be invisible?
Text written by Elise Vassiliadis-Poirey as part of the partnership between the École du Louvre and Lafayette Anticipations – Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin.
Exhibition
Documenta, Cassel (Allemagne)
from 09 Jun to 16 Sep 2012
Ryan Gander
Born in 1976 in Chester, Royaume-Uni
Le travail de Ryan Gander associe le quotidien à l’ésotérisme, le banal au précieux. Il nous pousse à remettre nos savoirs en question et à réinventer notre langage afin de comprendre son œuvre qui fonctionne comme un puzzle. Son travail est fait de connexions et d’histoires. Le public doit trouver des indices cachés pour résoudre l’énigme que Ryan Gander lui propose. Pour construire ses œuvres, l’artiste utilise différents moyens d’expression tels que la sculpture, le cinéma, l’écriture, l’installation et la performance.
Né en 1976 à Chester (Royaume-Uni), Ryan Gander a étudié à l’université de Manchester, à l’Académie royale des beaux-arts d’Amsterdam et à la Jan van Eyck Academie de Maastricht (Pays-Bas). Il vit et travaille à Londres.
