Ryan Gander, from May 31 to November 30, 2025, presents a selection of his recent works in his new exhibition titled YOU COMPLETE ME at the Pola Museum of Art. The exhibition is curated by Suzuki Kota, Senior Curator at the museum.
Known for his internationally recognized practice that spans painting, sculpture, video, text, virtual reality installations, architectural projects, publications, typefaces, rituals, and performances, Gander once again opens up the structures and meanings of art for rethinking through this comprehensive exhibition.
Describing himself as “a sort of neo-conceptualist and amateur philosopher with a ‘no-style’ style,” Gander explores the hidden narratives and layers of meaning embedded in everyday life. His works are accompanied by intellectual play and sharp humor. Addressing themes such as absence, invisibility, death, and potential, the artist blurs the boundaries between reality and fiction to create an open-ended and multi-layered experience. From a frog that speaks human language to unreadable clocks, from a fictional flag to the imagined history of a pair of siblings, his works remain concrete yet carry an elusive sense of mystery.
In the artist’s own words: “The objective of art is not to communicate, but to provide catalytic ambiguity.” Rather than conveying fixed meanings, Gander’s works give rise to new narratives through the relationship they build with the viewer and the act of interpretation. This potential to generate new meanings—central to Gander’s practice—invites visitors of YOU COMPLETE ME at the Pola Museum of Art to be surprised, to open up new ways of thinking through art, and to question perception itself.
