Rachel Whiteread

 An artist I really liked when I was researching today was Rachel Whiteread. She does some amazing work with negative space which is one of the concepts I'm delving into right now...I'll see how it goes!


Rachel Whiteread exhibited this work ‘Untitled (One Hundred Spaces)’ at the Sensation exhibition in 1997, it consists of a series of resin casts of the space underneath chairs. I think this work changes the space we ignore (beneath a chair) everyday and makes it into something entirely fun and different!


Rachel Whiteread's concrete negative space casting of the book-lined shelves of a library in the work Untitled (Library) from 1999 .


 Rachel Whiteread won the prestigious Turner award for House (above!) in 1993. House was a concrete cast of the inside of an entire Victorian terraced house (including fireplaces and doorknobs).
The structure was removed despite campaigns for it to become a permanent piece of art in the area. I watched the short video of the creation of this piece on youtube today and I think it's worth a watch!