In order to celebrate over 25 years of Rachel Whiteread’s internationally acclaimed sculpture, Tate Britain Museum has held a solo exhibition.
Whiteread uses industrial materials such as plaster, concrete, resin, rubber and metal to cast everyday objects and architectural space. Her evocative sculptures range from the intimate to the monumental.
Whiteread was the first woman to win the Turner Prize in 1993. The same year she made House 1993–1994, a life-sized cast of the interior of a condemned terraced house in London’s East End, which existed for a few months before it was controversially demolished.
The Turner Prize was set up in 1984, named after 19th century British artist J.M.W. TURNER. In order to cultivate the public obtaining the inters in contemporary arts, and help Tate Museum exhibit more artworks, Tate Museum will nominate four artists and show their works. Since 1991, when an age limit of 50 was introduced, the Turner Prize has been committed to showing new developments in contemporary British art and has played an important role in introducing the work of emerging artists to the public. In 2017 it was announced that artists of any age will be eligible to be shortlisted for the Prize, acknowledging the fact that artists can experience a breakthrough in their work at any age.
Now her solo exhibition will be held until 21st January, and if you were in London now, you have to take this opportunity to visit Tate Britain.
Rachel Whiteread
Exhibition date: September 12, 2017 - January 21, 2018
Venue: TATE BRITAIN
Image 1. Rachel Whiteread Untitled (One Hundred Spaces), 1995
Pinault Collection © Rachel Whiteread. Photo: Joe Humpgrys © Tate
Image 2 left top. Rachel Whiteread，© Washington City Paper
Image 2 left bottom. Rachel Whiteread Untitled (Stairs), 2001 © Rachel Whiteread. Photo:Joe Humpgrys © Tate
Image 2 right top. Rachel Whiteread Chicken Shed, 2017 © Rachel Whiteread
Photo: © Tate
Image 2 right bottom. Rachel Whiteread Untitled (One Hundred Spaces), 1995
Pinault Collection © Rachel Whiteread. Photo: Joe Humpgrys © Tate
