One of Britain’s leading contemporary artists, 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.
Born in London in 1963, 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.
This momentous show tracks Whiteread’s career and brings together well-known works such as Untitled (100 Spaces) 1995 and Untitled (Stairs) 2001 alongside new pieces that have never been previously exhibited.
On the lawn outside Tate Britain a new concrete sculpture, Chicken Shed 2017, will sit during the exhibition.
This exhibition is co-organised by Tate and the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
Rachel Whiteread
Due Porte 2016
Galleria Lorcan O'Neill (Rome, Italy) © Rachel Whiteread
Rachel Whiteread
Untitled (Stairs) 2001
Tate © Rachel Whiteread
Photo: © Tate (Joe Humphrys)
Rachel Whiteread
Stairs 1995
Private Collection © Rachel Whiteread
Rachel Whiteread
Light II 2010
Private Collection © Rachel Whiteread
Rachel Whiteread
Untitled (Hive) I 2007–8
Private Collection © Rachel Whiteread
Rachel Whiteread
Untitled (Yellow Torso) 1991
Private Collection © Rachel Whiteread
Rachel Whiteread
Chicken Shed 2017
the artist and Galleria Lorcan O'Neill © Rachel Whiteread
photo: © Tate
Rachel Whiteread
Untitled (One Hundred Spaces) 1995
Pinault Collection. © Rachel Whiteread
photo: © Tate Photo: © Tate (Joe Humphrys)
Rachel Whiteread
Untitled (One Hundred Spaces) 1995
Pinault Collection. © Rachel Whiteread
photo: © Tate Photo: © Tate (Joe Humphrys)
