Rachel Whiteread
Whitehead is an English artist who primarily produces sculpture. She was born in 1963 in Ilford, Essex.
At the age of 7, she moved to London with her family.
She studied at the Faculty of Arts and Architecture in Brighton Polytechnic from 1982 to 1985. She graduated with a BA in painting. but spent much of her time producing sculpture.
She took a workshop with the sculptor Richard Wilson, and began to realise the possibilities of casting objects. From 1985 to 1987, she studied sculpture at Slade School of Art, University College, London, graduating with an MA.
For a time, she worked in Highgate cemetery fixing lids back onto time-damaged coffins.
In 1987, she began to exhibit her works, and in 1993, she was the first woman to win the annual Turner Prize.
Many of her casts are of ordinary domestic objects, and in numerous cases, are of their negative spaces. She is also known for creating solid casts of the open spaces in and around pieces of furniture, such as tables and chairs, architectural details, and even entire rooms and buildings.
She says that the casts carry "Residue of years and years of use."
She mainly focuses on the line and form of her work.
She says that the casts carry "Residue of years and years of use."
She mainly focuses on the line and form of her work.
She currently lives and works in a former synagogue in east London.
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| House - 1993 https://www.apollo-magazine.com/house/ |
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| Untitles (Stacks) - 1999 https://www.pinterest.com/explore/rachel-whiteread/ |
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| Untitled (One Hundred Spaces) - 1995 https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/292171094557423571/ |
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