EXHIBITION STATEMENT //

 

because things are falling to bits around us

because art history needs writing

because the night

because the knock-on effect of sustainable practices will reverberate endlessly

because the idea is conceived by an artist

because I am he as you are he as you are me, and we are all together

because a warm room is better than a cold one

because practice makes practice

because the race is long and in the end it's only with yourself

because you believe in community

because you believe in a sense of conceptual rigour

because you push things forwards

because your ambition isn't dirty

because your work means things, and doesn't just look like it means things

because you have a lot of mistakes to make

because you want to make art more than you want to be an artist

because you are an artist of all stripes

 

RYAN GANDER // WRITTEN FOR CITEDC2749Y