Rachel Whiteread

born 1963

In Tate Modern

Artist and Society: Rachel Whiteread and Marwan Rechmaoui

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In Tate Britain

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Biography

Rachel Whiteread, CBE (born 20 April 1963) is an English artist who primarily produces sculptures, which typically take the form of casts. She was the first woman to win the annual Turner Prize in 1993.

Whiteread was one of the Young British Artists who exhibited at the Royal Academy's Sensation exhibition in 1997. Among her most renowned works are House, a large concrete cast of the inside of an entire Victorian house; the Judenplatz Holocaust Memorial in Vienna, resembling the shelves of a library with the pages turned outwards; and Untitled Monument, her resin sculpture for the empty fourth plinth in London's Trafalgar Square.

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Artworks

Rachel Whiteread Untitled (Stairs)

2001

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Rachel Whiteread Untitled (Rooms)

2001

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Rachel Whiteread Untitled (Air Bed II)

1992

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Rachel Whiteread Untitled (Twenty-Four Switches)

1998

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Rachel Whiteread A: Clapton Park Estate, Mandeville Street, London E5; Ambergate Court; Norbury Court; October 1993

1996

On display at Tate Modern part of Artist and Society P77870

Rachel Whiteread Untitled (Nine Tables)

1998

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Rachel Whiteread Stair Space III

1995

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Rachel Whiteread Untitled (Floor)

1994–5

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Film and audio

Interview

Rachel Whiteread in Conversation

Hear from the artist herself about her practice and key moments across her impressive career

Podcast

Walks of art: Grace Dent on the YBAs and Shoreditch

The journalist journeys through East London to explore the artists who lived and worked there in the nineties

How To

How to Cast like Rachel Whiteread

Ever wondered how casting works? Find out how with our step-by-step

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The Space: Olympic Posters

London 2012 commissioned twelve of the UK’s leading artists to create images to celebrate The Olympic Games and The ...

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Rachel Whiteread Drawings: Curator’s Talk

In this audio recording Lizzie Carey-Thomas, curator at Tate Britain, explores the drawings that provide a rare insight into the ...

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Rachel Whiteread Drawings

Rachel Whiteread is renowned for her evocative large-scale sculptures, but drawing has always remained one of her core activities.

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Rachel Whiteread: Artist's Talk

Rachel Whiteread discusses the working processes behind the piece, and its reception, with artist and writer David Batchelor.

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The Unilever Series: Rachel Whiteread - Embankment

Timelapse installation

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Jeanette Winterson - Conversations with Magic Stones

Prize-winning author, Jeanette Winterson, talked about work by four twentieth-century sculptors and installation artists who challenge the way we see ...