The Pola Museum of Art in Japan will host 'Ryan Gander: You Complete Me' from 31 May to 30 November 2025, showcasing the latest works of British artist Ryan Gander. The exhibition features pieces such as 'You Complete Me, or I see things you can’t see (A Frogs Tale)' (2025), an animatronic installation with audio and artificial plants, alongside other works exploring themes of absence, invisibility, death, and potential through intellectual playfulness and humor.
This exhibition matters because Gander represents a contemporary model of the artist as a multifaceted figure—working across art, curation, teaching, publishing, and television—while his work challenges fixed meanings in art, inviting viewers to generate new narratives through engagement. The show underscores the ongoing relevance of conceptual and neo-conceptual art in Japan's museum landscape, and Gander's self-described 'no-style style' offers a fresh perspective on how art can function as 'catalytic ambiguity' rather than direct communication.