Rachel Whiteread

Rachel Whiteread (*1963) has been internationally known since her spectacular work "House" (1993), a cast of an entire house in London that was scheduled for demolition. Her art is a unique reflection on the material culture that surrounds us. The catalogue impresses with its successful book design and a substantial overview of Whiteread's work of the last three decades.

An ordinary object such as a hot water bottle is reminiscent of a torso, resin casts of toilet paper rolls are transformed into luminous treasures, the cast of a staircase leads to nowhere - Rachel Whiteread's sculptures are powerful and poetic at the same time. The artist wants to preserve the everyday, make the invisible visible, transform forgotten or ephemeral objects into something permanent. Her sculptures of houses, interiors and everyday objects draw attention to the familiar and yet make things appear completely new by reversing positive and negative.