Rachael Whiteread is a British sculptor that I have been really interested in lately. She makes casts of negitive spaces and interior spaces out of concrete, plaster and resin among other materials I'm sure. I have my drawing class do presentations on contemporary artists and both quarters my students have really not liked Whitereads work. It is pretty conceptual, so often it is hard for people to break from the tradition of what their expectations of art are to understand work like this. I think it is really poignant as well as visually engaging. By presenting the negative space of the inside of boxes, book shelves, and even houses she presents the viewer with work that is about the presence of absence. It is very much rooted in memory and loss as well. I think its worth looking at, my students may tell you otherwise.
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I like it. I'm not as deep about you, but I go with what it makes me feel. When I find art I like, I get kind of a still feeling in my chest.
I really liked all of them.
I meant I'm not as deep as you. But you were smart enough to know that, right?
i like her work a lot. my work in grad school was all about memory and loss, too, so that could be a big reason why.
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