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Ryan Gander: These are the markers of our time

New York, 10 September – 17 October 2020

Ryan Gander: These are the markers of our time

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Ryan Gander will open Lisson Gallery’s new space in New York with an exhibition highlighting time as the new currency, reflecting on how – in an age of identity politics, selfie culture and an incessant need to shout the loudest – the focus of our time should be on the value of time itself. The exhibition is made up of many individual works that create a whole, like chapters in a book, but with no linear beginning or end. Upon entering the space, the visitor is presented with a feeling of disarray – from broken glass to graphite marks on the walls – where each work is a piece of the puzzle, referencing Gander’s interest in chance, serendipity and storytelling, laying out a series of clues and markers to be decrypted.

In his last exhibition at Lisson Gallery London, Gander encouraged the viewer to allow a natural course of action, claiming that time has its own course, a power that we cannot control. Gander now delves into the complexity of our experience of time, reflecting on the two Greek terms for time: ‘kronos’ and ‘kairos’. While we just have one word to describe many realities, the Greeks used ‘kronos’ (or ‘chronus’, from which ‘chronology’ is derived) to refer to linear, sequential, measureable time, and ‘kairos’ to describe a circular time, dancing back and forth with no clear beginning or end. Arguably today, ‘kronos’ prevails, in a world driven by clocks and calendars. This also reflects our incessant growth-led culture and fear of the unknown, where all visualisations of the future are seemingly apocalyptic, contrasting to for example, the optimism of futuristic science fiction films. 

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Ryan Gander: These are the markers of our time artwork
Ryan Gander: These are the markers of our time artwork
Ryan Gander: These are the markers of our time artwork
Ryan Gander: These are the markers of our time artwork
Ryan Gander: These are the markers of our time artwork
Ryan Gander: These are the markers of our time artwork
Ryan Gander: These are the markers of our time artwork
Ryan Gander: These are the markers of our time artwork
Ryan Gander: These are the markers of our time artwork
Ryan Gander: These are the markers of our time artwork
Ryan Gander: These are the markers of our time artwork
Ryan Gander: These are the markers of our time artwork

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Location

508 West 24th Street
New York

Opening Times:
Tuesday – Saturday: 10:00am – 6:00pm

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