UCLA Department of Art Lectures: Rachel Whiteread
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Rachel Whiteread was awarded the 1993 Turner Prize and the 1997 Venice Biennale Award for Best Young Artist. Her commissions include the Water Tower Project for the Public Art Fund, New York (1998); the Holocaust Memorial, Judenplatz, Vienna (2000); and Embankment for the Unilever Series, Tate Modern, London (2005). She lives and works in London.
UCLA Department of Art Lectures is an ongoing series of artists' lectures organized by the UCLA's Department of Art. The UCLA's Department of Art's visiting lecture series is made possible through the generous support of the William D. Feldman Family Endowed Art Lecture Fund.
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Rachel Whiteread, Water Tower, 1998Cast resin, 12 feet and 2 inches x 9 feet. Courtesy of Gagosian Gallery. Photo: Marian Harder. -
Rachel Whiteread, Ghost, 1990Plaster and steel frame, 269 x 355.5 x 317.5 inches. Courtesy of Gagosian Gallery. -
Rachel Whiteread, Holocaust Memorial, 2000Judenplatz, Vienna. Concrete, 3.8 x 7 x 10 metres. Courtesy of Gagosian Gallery. -
Rachel Whiteread, House, 1993Mixed media. Photo: Sue Omerod. Couresty of Gagosian Gallery. -
Photo by Johnnie Shand Kydd
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