Rachel Whiteread

British, born 1963

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British sculptor

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Rachel Whiteread, Edition Schellmann Contemporary Art Production, Untitled, 2002, etched German-silver metal sheet, Gift of the Collectors Committee and Gail and Benjamin Jacobs, 2008.24.1

Untitled

Rachel Whiteread, Edition Schellmann Contemporary Art Production · 2002 · etched German-silver metal sheet ·  Accession ID  2008.24.1

Rachel Whiteread, Edition Schellmann Contemporary Art Production, Untitled, 2002, etched German-silver metal sheet, Gift of the Collectors Committee and Gail and Benjamin Jacobs, 2008.24.3

Untitled

Rachel Whiteread, Edition Schellmann Contemporary Art Production · 2002 · etched German-silver metal sheet ·  Accession ID  2008.24.3

Rachel Whiteread, Edition Schellmann Contemporary Art Production, Untitled, 2002, etched German-silver metal sheet, Gift of the Collectors Committee and Gail and Benjamin Jacobs, 2008.24.2

Untitled

Rachel Whiteread, Edition Schellmann Contemporary Art Production · 2002 · etched German-silver metal sheet ·  Accession ID  2008.24.2

Rachel Whiteread, Edition Schellmann Contemporary Art Production, Untitled, 2002, etched German-silver metal sheet, Gift of the Collectors Committee and Gail and Benjamin Jacobs, 2008.24.4

Untitled

Rachel Whiteread, Edition Schellmann Contemporary Art Production · 2002 · etched German-silver metal sheet ·  Accession ID  2008.24.4

Rachel Whiteread, Edition Schellmann Contemporary Art Production, Untitled, 2002, etched German-silver metal sheet, Gift of the Collectors Committee and Gail and Benjamin Jacobs, 2008.24.5

Untitled

Rachel Whiteread, Edition Schellmann Contemporary Art Production · 2002 · etched German-silver metal sheet ·  Accession ID  2008.24.5

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Nets

Rachel Whiteread, Edition Schellmann Contemporary Art Production · 2002 · series of five etched German-silver metal sheets ·  Accession ID  2008.24.1-5

Set in a gallery against a row of windows, a free-standing, white plaster cube, nearly reaching the ceiling, angles back and away from us slightly to our right. The cube is made of blocks that fit together so the seams are visible. The side to our left is smooth. A short, tongue-like projection at the bottom center of the face to our right is surrounded by an inverted, squared off U arching over it. Though not obvious in this photograph, the artist created this work by filling an empty room with plaster. The tongue-like shape is the inside of a fireplace, and is lightly blackened where it lined the interior. The inset paneling in the cube would have been the room's mantlepiece, and inset bands along the floor and top of the cube would have been the baseboards and crown molding. The cube sits on a polished stone floor, and the ceiling of the room in which it sits is made of hollow triangular coffers. Opposite us, trees and a building are seen through the wall of windows behind the cube.
Rachel Whiteread, Ghost, 1990, plaster on steel frame, Gift of The Glenstone Foundation, 2004.121.1

Ghost

Rachel Whiteread · 1990 · plaster on steel frame ·  Accession ID  2004.121.1

Bibliography

2005

  • Schneider, Eckhard, ed. Rachel Whiteread: Walls, Doors, Floors, and Stairs. Exh. cat. Kunsthaus Bregenz, 2005.