Rendering The Invisible Visible Rachel Whiteread In London вђ Aware Rachel whiteread’s minimalist art & its uncanny effects. rachel whiteread is renowned for her cast sculptures of negative space and their uncanny effects. here’s an introduction to her work. dec 24, 2023 • by susanna galbraith, ma art history, ba english studies. british artist rachel whiteread (born london, 1963) was the first woman. Rachel whiteread was born in ilford, east london, in 1963. she studied painting in brighton from 1982 to 1985 and sculpture at the slade school of art in london from 1985 to 1987. along with her focus on everyday objects, whiteread’s work has taken a particular look at london and the politics of urbanisation, development, and life in the city.
Rachel Whiteread A Clear Vision In Her 50s Everything rachel whiteread, cbe, turner prize winning artist, makes is about us: our histories, our lives, our deaths, our absences — cast in concrete. it started with a spoon. eventually it encompassed a whole house. at 54, rachel is working at both scales. her extraordinary sculptures combine a comforting homeliness with a nightmarish. On the occasion of artist spotlight: rachel whiteread, curator tom eccles and artist kiki smith speak about the work of rachel whiteread through the lens of their personal friendships with her. they discuss her public projects from the early 1990s to the present, the relationship between drawing and sculpture in her practice, and the way her works reveal the memories embedded in familiar. Rachel whiteread: internal objects is at gagosian grosvenor hill from april 12 to june 6 create a free account to continue reading registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism. Whiteread was born in 1963 in ilford, essex. [3] [4] her mother, patricia whiteread (née lancaster), who was also an artist, died in 2003 at the age of 72. [5]her father, thomas whiteread, was a geography teacher, polytechnic administrator and lifelong supporter of the labour party, who died when whiteread was studying at art school in 1988. [6].
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