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Emily Cooper is pleased to present When I take a hint, I take it pretty hard, a selection of works from UK artist Ryan Gander’s Phantom Ambition series. Initially exhibited earlier this year at Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Helga de Alvear, this marks the first UK presentation of Gander’s most recent speculative exhibition posters and the inaugural exhibition for the gallery.
Phantom Ambition unfolds as an accumulation of dreams. On sleepless nights, Gander curates an imagined exhibition populated by artists, writers, designers, and even celebrities. For every work, Gander develops a title, selects a venue, and assigns dates—sometimes in the past, other times in the future. Each poster is designed in the style of the institution it references, situating these fictitious exhibitions as though they might truly occur. Collectively, they form a sculptural archive of personal ambitions, with one poster displayed on the surface while the remaining forty-nine in the series lie layered and…
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Emily Cooper is pleased to present When I take a hint, I take it pretty hard, a selection of works from UK artist Ryan Gander’s Phantom Ambition series. Initially exhibited earlier this year at Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Helga de Alvear, this marks the first UK presentation of Gander’s most recent speculative exhibition posters and the inaugural exhibition for the gallery.
Phantom Ambition unfolds as an accumulation of dreams. On sleepless nights, Gander curates an imagined exhibition populated by artists, writers, designers, and even celebrities. For every work, Gander develops a title, selects a venue, and assigns dates—sometimes in the past, other times in the future. Each poster is designed in the style of the institution it references, situating these fictitious exhibitions as though they might truly occur. Collectively, they form a sculptural archive of personal ambitions, with one poster displayed on the surface while the remaining forty-nine in the series lie layered and…
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