Exhaustive monograph.
"Ryan Gander: Catalogue Raisonnable Vol. 1" was conceived by Åbäke as a "reasonable alternative" to a catalogue raisonné for the artist (i.e. a monograph giving a comprehensive and exhaustive catalogue of artworks by an artist). Documenting over 500 works made during a ten-year period, the "Catalogue Raisonnable" is intended to be navigated freely and illogically, in a non-linear fashion by its reader, echoing the "para-possible thinking" and "associative methodologies" on which much of Gander's practice is based. For those readers that wish to draw some logic from its content, it is suggested that the book is navigated through its index.
The "Catalogue Raisonnable" consists of two sections. The first is a complete index/catalogue of the artist's practice, while the second is made up from a collage of by-products, off-cuts, transcriptions, scripts, conversations, and material related to the works in the index.
Ryan Gander (born 1976 in Chester, UK, lives and works in Suffolk) has established an international reputation through artworks that materialise in many different forms—from sculpture to film, writing, graphic design, installation, performance and more besides. 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.
Edited by Åbäke, Ryan Gander and Dorothea Strauss.
Texts by
Chris Evans,
Douglas Fogle,
Ryan Gander,
Midori Matsui,
François Piron,
Dorothea Strauss,
Richard Wentworth.
Published with Thea Westreich/Ethan Wagner Publications.
published in August 2010
English edition
25,2 x 30,4 cm (hardcover, cloth binding)
368 pages (640 color & 280 b/w ill.)
ISBN : 978-3-03764-146-0
EAN : 9783037641460
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