Rachel Whiteread
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(1963-)
Rachel Whiteread's works eloquently transform negative spaces into positive sculptural forms with poignant, uncanny and unprecedented effect. Her work which utilises casting and impression is imbued with a psychological resonance of charged associations and traces of human contact borne by and embedded in objects and environments. In recent years, Whiteread has moved away from the monolithic, architectural, and site-specific sculptures for which she became so renowned, such as Ghost (1990), House (1993) and Basement (2001), returning to a more intimate scale to explore the mutable nature of mass-produced vessels and materials.
Whiteread was born in London in 1963. Her work has been exhibited internationally in many solo and group exhibitions including the British Pavilion at the 47th Venice Biennale (1997), the Serpentine Gallery, London (2001), Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin (2001), the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (2002), Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria (2005), and MADRE, Naples (2007). She has also produced notable temporary public commissions such as House (London, 1993), Water Tower (New York, 1998), Monument (London, 2001), and Embankment at Tate Modern, 2005. In 1996 she received the controversial commission for Holocaust Memorial at the Judenplatz in Vienna, which she completed in 2000. In 2003 she was awareded the Turner Prize. An exhibition of her recent work Place (Village) (2006-2008) is currently on view at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Whiteread lives and works in London.