DELVE DEEPER AND THINK
Ryan Gander (1976), You walk into a space, any space, or, Poor little girl beaten by the game , 2010
Bronze, steel, wood, ballerina: 30 × 100 × 30 cm, shapes: variable
Zabludowicz Collection
Ryan Gander (1976), Tight and formless thinking, or, Don’t you know it’s dark outside? , 2010
Bronze, wood, ballerina: 91 × 47 × 48 cm, cube: 10 × 10 × 10 cm, plinth: 25 × 40 × 25 cm
Obayashi Collection
Ryan Gander (1976), The Observatory, or, It’s not that it’s bad, it’s just that you’re confused , 2011
Bronze, wood, ballerina: 25 × 100 × 37 cm, cube: 2.5 × 2.5 × 2.5 cm, plinth: 6 × 10 × 6 cm
Ishikawa Foundation, Okayama
Ryan Gander X Edgar Degas – Pas de Deux
CAN SOMETIMES MAKE YOU THINK ABOUT THINGS TOO
Ryan Gander (1976), A picture is worth ten words, max, 2013
Bronze, wood, ballerina: 35 × 92 × 15 cm, cube: 8 × 8 × 8 cm, plinth: 35 × 65 × 35 cm
Private Collection
Ryan Gander (1976), Bleak Endings and Eve Online, or, Ryandóttir, 2013
Bronze, wood, ballerina: 96 × 36 × 33 cm, cube: 2 × 2 × 2 cm, plinth: 0.5 × 0.5 × 1.2 cm
Dazaifu Tenmangu
Ryan Gander (1976), Mordant wit, or, Trading on being misanthropic , 2013
Bronze, wood, ballerina: 105 × 27 × 40 cm, cube: 0.5 × 0.5 × 0.5 cm, plinth: 5 × 5 × 12 cm
Ishikawa Foundation, Okayama
“I THINK THE ARTIST CHOSE THOSE TITLES CONNECTION WITH THE STATUE.”
STORM, 14 YEARS OLD
TITLES TO GET THE VIEWER TO THINK ABOUT THE TITLE IN
Ryan Gander (1976), To loving beyond our means, or, Armed with razor-sharp wit , 2015
Bronze, wood, ballerina: 43 × 88 × 38 cm, cube: 27 × 27 × 27 cm, plinth: 12,5 × 20 × 12,5 cm
Direct Art Collection (DAC)
Ryan Gander (1976), Merchant of light, or, Holding hands with academia to the point where we’re all kissing , 2015
Bronze, wood, ballerina: 23,5 × 93,5 × 20 cm, cube: 4 × 4 × 4 cm, plinth: 28,5 × 57 × 28,5 cm
Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris
Ryan Gander (1976), As old as time itself, slept alone , 2016
Bronze, wood, ballerina: 116 × 19 × 30 cm, cube: 10 × 10 × 10 cm, plinth: 4 × 8 × 4 cm
Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London
“I RECOGNIZE MYSELF IN SOME OF SITTING OR LYING DOWN AT HOME.” NOURHANE, 14 YEARS OLD
Ryan Gander X Edgar Degas – Pas de Deux
Ryan Gander
Local and global reaching out, or, And sailed back over a year, And in and out of weeks, And through a day,
OF THE BALLERINAS’ POSITIONS, JUST LIKE WHEN I’M SOMETIMES
(1976),
2017
Bronze, wood, ballerina: 38 × 38 × 62 cm, cube: 10 × 10 × 10 cm, plinth: 80 × 40 × 40 cm
Haidas Collection
Ryan Gander (1976), To give life, or, Sympathetic String , 2017
Bronze, wood, ballerina: 78 × 28 × 86 cm, cube: 3.2 × 3.2 × 3,2 cm, plinth: 3.2 × 6.4 × 3.2 cm
Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris
Ryan Gander (1976), Disenchantment on a visceral level, or, Play Signals , 2017
Bronze, wood, ballerina: 104 × 14 × 68 cm, cube: 3.2 × 3.2 × 3.2 cm, plinth: 2 × 5 × 2 cm
Courtesy the artist and Esther Schipper, Berlin/Paris/Seoul
Ryan Gander (1976), All things being equal, or, I’m with you , 2018
Bronze, wood, ballerina: 70 × 25 × 35 cm, cube: 3 × 3 × 3 cm, plinth: 40 × 80 × 40 cm
Ryan Gander; Courtesy of Lisson Gallery
“LIKE DEGAS’S, GANDER’S BALLERINAS ARE SOMETIMES LOST AMALIA, 14 YEARS OLD
Exhibition
Ryan Gander X Edgar Degas – Pas de Deux
Artist
Ryan Gander
Director and Curator
Brigitte Bloksma
Exhibition design
Magali Snelder Loaners
Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, The Ekard Collection, Esther Schipper Gallery, Direct Art Collection (DAC), Ishikawa Foundation, Haidas Collection, Art Discovery Limited, Arts Council Collection, Fondation Louis Vuitton, Lisson Gallery, Obayashi Collection, Zabludowicz Collection, Burger Collection, Collezione De Iorio, various private collections.
Team Museum Beelden aan Zee
Joost Bergman, Dick van Broekhuizen, Lot Fakkeldij, Denise Hermanns, Renz Klerks, Stan Koppe, Stella Kramer, Maud Kurvers, Maud van der Meer, Julija Novovic, Loes Ris, Karlien Ritter, Jacquelien van Schaik, Robbert Vonk, Godert de Vos van Steenwijk, Iris van der Zee and Heleen Zuthem van Lindenberg.
Decor and art handling
Jan Bokma, Thijs Ebbe Fokkens, Lucas van Eeden, Juan Giraldo, Robert Knoop, Lisa Sebestikova.
Thanks to
Ryan Gander Studio, Phil Mayer, Emily Bryson, Katherine Gardner, Freeman Abayasekera, Paul Baldwin, Wendy Ellis, Nick Elphick, Ann-Marie James, Ella Lockwood, Simon Newby, John Newton, Felix Wentworth, Annet Gelink Gallery, Sandra Kisters, Lydia Figes, LIDA Fonds, Business Members, Sculpture Club, Golden Members, Members, volunteers Museum Beelden aan Zee.
Catalogue
This publication is published on the occasion of the exhibition: Ryan Gander X Edgar Degas – Pas de Deux in Museum Beelden aan Zee from 20 June 2025 –4 January 2026.
Publishers
Waanders Publishers, Zwolle, Museum Beelden aan Zee, The Hague
Authors
Brigitte Bloksma, Lydia Figes, Sandra Kisters
Project Lead - Catalogue
Karlien Ritter
Editorial & Visual Editor
Denise Hermanns, Stan Koppe and Dick van Broekhuizen
Translation
Phil Clarke (NL-ENG)
Thea Wieteler (ENG-NL)
Design
Linda van Deursen
Photography exhibition
Studio Gerrit Schreurs, Gerrit Schreurs and Naomi Kok
Lithography
Benno Slijkhuis, Wilco Art Books
Printing
Wilco Art Books, Amersfoort
© 2025 Waanders Uitgevers b.v., Zwolle; Museum Beelden aan Zee, The Hague. All rights reserved. No part of the content of the book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photography, recording or any other information storage and retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher.
The publisher has made every effort to acknowledge the copyright of works illustrated in this book. Should any person, despite this, feel that an omission has been made, they are requested to inform the publisher of this fact.
Copyright on works of visual artists affiliated to a CISAC organisation has been arranged with Pictoright in Amsterdam. All works by Ryan Gander c/o Pictoright Amsterdam 2025.
ISBN 9789462626386
NUR 644 waanders.nl beeldenaanzee.nl
Thanks to Jan Linkens, Marishka van Loon and the contributions of the students from the Royal Conservatoire Dance in The Hague, Tim van Broekhuizen en the contributions of the students from the Maris College The Hague, and Ties Seyffert.
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