Commissioning Program
In 2006, The Power Plant launched an annual Commissioning Program, which is an ambitious ongoing program to develop and premier major new works by the most exciting Canadian and international artists at work today. The Commissioning Program is linked to The Power Plant’s Strategic Plan to produce at least one major new art work of international significance per annum, establishing The Power Plant as a lead agent in Canada for commissioning landmark contemporary art projects by Canadian and international artists. Since The Power Plant is a non-collecting contemporary art gallery, the commissioning of major new projects is a distinctive and important role for The Power Plant.
Past commissions include:
- Derek Sullivan: Albatross Omnibus (2011)
- Ian Wallace: Abstract Paintings I–XII (The Financial District) (2010)
- Pae White: Sea Beast (2010)
- Candice Breitz: Factum (2009)
- Lawrence Weiner: CUL-DE-SAC (2009)
- Scott Lyall: The Power/Color Ball (2008)
- Simon Starling: Infestation Piece (Musselled Moore) (2008)
- Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Pulse Front (2007)
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