Power Stories: Powerhouse Commission Artist Talk

Battersea Power Station presents a conversation on the Powerhouse Commission 2017 with selected artists Jesse Wine, Haffendi Anuar and Director of Nottingham Contemporary, Sam Thorne. This event will be chaired by the Curator of Cass Sculpture Foundation, Helen Turner.

Both artists will offer insights into the commissioning process and how their work responds to the iconic site of Battersea Power Station. The conversation will open out to discuss the social implication of public sculpture, how to realise work at this scale without compromise, and what working outside of the conventional ‘white cube’ gallery space means to an artist’s practice.

Guests will have special access to rare behind-the-scenes footage of the commissioning process and there will be an opportunity to explore the context of these contemporary sculptors’ practice in a Q&A session and tour of the artworks.

Specifically commission for the site and context of Battersea Power Station, the Powerhouse Commission is a new initiative in partner with with Cass Sculpture Foundation that offers an opportunity for international artists to produce a large-scale sculpture.

Jesse Wine and Haffendi Anuar were selected to realise a monumental work that responds to the site, history and legacy of the Power Staiton from a shortlist of international contemporary artists that included: Claire Barclay, Olaf Breuning, Nina Beier, Raphael Hefti, Conrad Shawcross, Yutaka Sone and Bedwyr Williams.