Gary Power MRSS in Conversation with Isabel de Vasconcellos

Join Gary Power MRSS for an artist in conversation event on Tuesday 20 October at 6.30pm via Zoom on the occasion of his work Tasara Quartet being displayed on the Sculpture Terrace. 

Gary will be in conversation, as part of the Sculpture Terrace series, with Isabel de Vasconcellos independent curator and writer. 

I am a mixed media sculptor particularly interested in the relationship between two and three dimensions; emotional and psychological space; synthesizing expression with ideas: haptic, intuitive, and embodied ways of making and thinking; Art in Architecture; and forms of Public commemoration and personal memory.

Tasara Quartet by Gary Power MRSS, Cooking pots and other objects, mixed media and paint, 2025-26

These sculptures are made of traditional Indian cooking pots that are still commonly used in Indian homes today. The work was made while attending an artist residency in Kerala, India.

The sculpture honours Indian culinary skills and commemorates the often ritualised care and attention devoting to cooking, traditionally carried out by women in the household.

The form of the sculptures references temple architecture and the vibrant colour is emphasised to represent how in India it is welcomed as a gift to empower and release spiritual energy.

Isabel de Vasconcellos is an independent curator and cultural producer, with extensive experience collaborating with artists and visual arts organisations to realise world-class public commissions and exhibitions. She writes on contemporary art, photography and design, and is the author of Fourth Plinth: How London Created the Smallest Sculpture Park in the World.