theEYE: Rachel Whiteread, 2006 DVD Rachel Whiteread has created
some of the most remarkable
and resonant public sculptures
of recent years. House (now
demolished) cast in concrete
the interior of a terraced house
in London's East End.
Monument is a moving
memorial in Vienna to the
victims of the holocaust in
Austria. Yet she also frequently
works on a domestic scale,
casting in plaster and resin the
spaces inside, around and
beneath furniture, floors and
staircases. Her art is a uniquely
poetic response to the
everyday, and to the haunting
themes of memory and
mortality.
In this video profile Rachel
Whiteread speaks about the
ideas that prompted a number
of her best-known sculptures,
including Ghost, her first cast
of the space inside a complete
room, and Plinth, which
established a shimmering
presence in London's Trafalgar
Square during the summer of
2001. She also outlines the
complexities of creating her
often technically challenging
works, and reflects on the
controversies that they have
sometimes set off.
26 minutes
Only available in English
language
VHS: PAL and NTSC versions
DVD: PAL, Region 0
Bar code: 5060033830079
VHS
5060033832592 DVD
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