Embassy
Terence Gower
Upcoming Exhibition
May 03 – Aug 11 2024
Baghdad CS 1: United States Embassy, Baghdad, 1960. Josep Lluis Sert Papers, Graduate School of Design Archives, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
- Presenting Sponsor
- Supporting Donor
Debra and Barry Campbell
- Supported by
- Shipping and Logistics
- CURATORS
Adelina Vlas, Head of Curatorial Affairs
Frances Loeffler, Curator of Exhibitions
The Power Plant is thrilled to present Terence Gower: Embassy: the largest survey in Canada of the New York-based artist. Gower, who has lived and worked internationally for many years, employs a range of media to investigate postwar material and intellectual histories, particularly as they connect to art and architecture.
Terence Gower: Embassy will feature over a decade-worth of work stemming from his investigation into the diplomatic architecture of the United States. Four multi-part installations form a larger study of American embassy buildings that have played important roles in recent international events in Baghdad, Havana, and Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), as well as one unbuilt project for Ottawa. These expansive artistic constellations, including archival documents, sculptures, videos, and works on paper, are the outcome of the artist’s extensive research process.
Gower considers the exhibition itself as an embassy sent from the past, from a formative period in US history where much of the current geopolitical landscape was formed. Considering the urgencies and uncertainties of our current moment, Terence Gower: Embassy asks how we might work with history to better understand the present.
About the Artist
Terence Gower
Terence Gower is a Canadian artist working in New York, Mexico City, and France