Ryan Gander, Locked Room Scenario (2011)
 


Ryan Gander's new 'group show'

Catch glimpse of Ryan Gander's semi-hidden work behind doors and oddly positioned windows

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Ryan Gander's new show Locked Room Scenario (until October 23) has its visitors questioning what is real and what's not as he creates a group exhibition using fake artists.

On arrival, the venue appears to be closed. What work you can catch glimpse of is semi-hidden behind doors and oddly positioned windows (through one of which you can see an ‘artist’ peering at photographic slides presumably destined for a flickering projector down another corridor).

After 20 minutes or so of walking down darkened hallways, pushing against unyielding doors and peering through windows positioned at ankle height the whole effect starts to get more than a little claustrophobic and, to tell the truth, a bit unsettling.

 

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Ryan Gander, Locked Room Scenario (2011)