Rachel Whiteread is one of the most respected contemporary British sculptors. Her work primarily involves casting the negative space around objects. She varies the materials from piece to piece, using plaster, resin, rubber, concrete or aluminium. While clearly influenced by the forms of Minimal art, Whiteread has focused on archetypal everyday objects, such as tables, chairs, baths and beds. The result is powerfully abstract work that nevertheless refers to the real world and evokes a human presence. Untitled (Nine Tables) is a multi-part work comprised of repeated concrete casts of the space underneath a table