Watch artist Ryan Gander talk about the ideas behind his work The Fourth Baron Egerton’s 16 Plumed Bird of Paradise (2010).

Ryan Gander is a new artist in the British Council Collection. His diverse works which include installation, sculpture and performance, are often rooted in storytelling. In The Fourth Baron Egerton’s 16 Plumed Bird of Paradise, Gander creates a complex narrative which leaves audiences wondering what is fact and what is fiction.