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Rachel Whiteread

November 6–December 20, 2008
Beverly Hills

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Works Exhibited

Rachel Whiteread, DRILL, 2008 Plaster, pigment, steel, and rubber, 29 ¾ × 21 ¾ × 39 ⅜ inches (75.5 × 55 × 100 cm)© Rachel Whiteread

Rachel Whiteread, DRILL, 2008

Plaster, pigment, steel, and rubber, 29 ¾ × 21 ¾ × 39 ⅜ inches (75.5 × 55 × 100 cm)
© Rachel Whiteread

Rachel Whiteread, GHOST, GHOST I, 2008 Polyurethane, 30 ¼ × 34 ¼ × 23 ⅝ inches (77 × 87 × 60 cm)© Rachel Whiteread. Photo: Joshua White

Rachel Whiteread, GHOST, GHOST I, 2008

Polyurethane, 30 ¼ × 34 ¼ × 23 ⅝ inches (77 × 87 × 60 cm)
© Rachel Whiteread. Photo: Joshua White

Rachel Whiteread, STEP, 2007–08 Plaster, pigment, resin, wood, and metal, 5 ½ × 15 ¾ × 8 inches (14 × 40 × 20 cm)© Rachel Whiteread

Rachel Whiteread, STEP, 2007–08

Plaster, pigment, resin, wood, and metal, 5 ½ × 15 ¾ × 8 inches (14 × 40 × 20 cm)
© Rachel Whiteread

Rachel Whiteread, LINE UP, 2007–08 Plaster, pigment, resin, wood, and metal, 6 ¾ × 35 ½ × 9 ¾ inches (17 × 90 × 25 cm)© Rachel Whiteread

Rachel Whiteread, LINE UP, 2007–08

Plaster, pigment, resin, wood, and metal, 6 ¾ × 35 ½ × 9 ¾ inches (17 × 90 × 25 cm)
© Rachel Whiteread

Rachel Whiteread, SCATTER, 2008 Plaster, pigment, resin, mild steel, wood, and metal, 11 ¼ × 23 ¾ × 9 ¾ inches (28.5 × 60 × 25 cm)© Rachel Whiteread

Rachel Whiteread, SCATTER, 2008

Plaster, pigment, resin, mild steel, wood, and metal, 11 ¼ × 23 ¾ × 9 ¾ inches (28.5 × 60 × 25 cm)
© Rachel Whiteread

Rachel Whiteread, FELL, 2008 Plaster, pigment, resin, and bronze, 7 × 55 ¼ × 26 ¾ inches (17.5 × 140 × 68 cm)© Rachel Whiteread

Rachel Whiteread, FELL, 2008

Plaster, pigment, resin, and bronze, 7 × 55 ¼ × 26 ¾ inches (17.5 × 140 × 68 cm)
© Rachel Whiteread

Rachel Whiteread, WEB, 2008 Plaster and bronze, 3 ¾ × 15 × 16 ¼ inches (9.5 × 38 × 41.5 cm)© Rachel Whiteread

Rachel Whiteread, WEB, 2008

Plaster and bronze, 3 ¾ × 15 × 16 ¼ inches (9.5 × 38 × 41.5 cm)
© Rachel Whiteread

Rachel Whiteread, Untitled (Blue), 2008 Plaster, pigment, resin, and patinated bronze, 22 ½ × 13 ¾ × 5 ¼ inches (57 × 34.5 × 13 cm)© Rachel Whiteread

Rachel Whiteread, Untitled (Blue), 2008

Plaster, pigment, resin, and patinated bronze, 22 ½ × 13 ¾ × 5 ¼ inches (57 × 34.5 × 13 cm)
© Rachel Whiteread

Rachel Whiteread, Untitled (Hive) I, 2007–08 Resin, 32 ⅛ × 19 ⅞ × 25 ⅛ inches (81.6 × 50.6 × 64 cm)© Rachel Whiteread

Rachel Whiteread, Untitled (Hive) I, 2007–08

Resin, 32 ⅛ × 19 ⅞ × 25 ⅛ inches (81.6 × 50.6 × 64 cm)
© Rachel Whiteread

Rachel Whiteread, FOUNDATION, 2007–08 Plaster and bronze, 23 ¼ × 22 ¾ × 9 ¾ inches (59 × 58 × 24.5 cm)© Rachel Whiteread

Rachel Whiteread, FOUNDATION, 2007–08

Plaster and bronze, 23 ¼ × 22 ¾ × 9 ¾ inches (59 × 58 × 24.5 cm)
© Rachel Whiteread

Rachel Whiteread, JUGGLE II, 2008 Plaster, pigment, and bronze, 9 ¾ × 21 ¼ × 17 ½ inches (24.5 × 54 × 44.5 cm)© Rachel Whiteread

Rachel Whiteread, JUGGLE II, 2008

Plaster, pigment, and bronze, 9 ¾ × 21 ¼ × 17 ½ inches (24.5 × 54 × 44.5 cm)
© Rachel Whiteread

Rachel Whiteread, GREEN, BLACK, GREEN, 2008 Gouache, pencil, and collage on paper, 22 ⅜ × 29 ⅞ inches (57 × 76 cm)© Rachel Whiteread

Rachel Whiteread, GREEN, BLACK, GREEN, 2008

Gouache, pencil, and collage on paper, 22 ⅜ × 29 ⅞ inches (57 × 76 cm)
© Rachel Whiteread

Rachel Whiteread, METALLIC, BLACK, YELLOW, 2008 Gouache, pencil, and collage on paper, 22 ⅜ × 29 ⅞ inches (57 × 76 cm)© Rachel Whiteread

Rachel Whiteread, METALLIC, BLACK, YELLOW, 2008

Gouache, pencil, and collage on paper, 22 ⅜ × 29 ⅞ inches (57 × 76 cm)
© Rachel Whiteread

Rachel Whiteread, RED, BLACK, WHITE, 2008 Gouache, pencil, and collage on paper, 22 ⅜ × 29 ⅞ inches (57 × 76 cm)© Rachel Whiteread

Rachel Whiteread, RED, BLACK, WHITE, 2008

Gouache, pencil, and collage on paper, 22 ⅜ × 29 ⅞ inches (57 × 76 cm)
© Rachel Whiteread

Rachel Whiteread, BLUE, BLACK, GREEN, BLACK, 2008 Gouache, pencil, and collage on paper, 22 ⅜ × 29 ⅞ inches (57 × 76 cm)© Rachel Whiteread

Rachel Whiteread, BLUE, BLACK, GREEN, BLACK, 2008

Gouache, pencil, and collage on paper, 22 ⅜ × 29 ⅞ inches (57 × 76 cm)
© Rachel Whiteread

About

Color confuses me. Every day when I get up, I have to think about it. I love color, but there are too many decisions to make. Am I an aesthete? Is color about necessity for me in my work—or is it simply a product of what I am thinking about?

I try not to dwell on it; if I did, I would only ever use black and white.
—Rachel Whiteread

Gagosian is pleased to present new sculpture by Rachel Whiteread. This will be the artist’s first solo exhibition in Los Angeles.

Over the past two decades, Whiteread has developed various approaches to casting and impression as both a process and vehicle for content. Her practice is based on a persistent duality: a pragmatic approach to the materials and making of art coupled with a fascination with the psychologically charged associations and traces of human contact borne by and embedded in objects and environments. By casting the empty and unexamined spaces inside and around the domestic objects and materials that populate daily life, she renders negative space as positive sculptural form to poignant and unprecedented effect.

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Installation view of Rachel Whiteread's ...And the Animals Were Sold exhibition in Italy

Rachel Whiteread: … And the Animals Were Sold

An installation by Rachel Whiteread in the Palazzo della Ragione, Bergamo, Italy, commissioned by Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo and cocurated by Lorenzo Giusti and Sara Fumagalli, opened in June of 2023 and ran into the fall. Conceived in relation to the city, the architecture of the site, and the history of the region, it comprised sixty sculptures made with local types of stone. Fumagalli writes on the exhibition and architect Luca Cipelletti speaks with Whiteread.

Anna Weyant’s Two Eileens (2022) on the cover of Gagosian Quarterly, Winter 2022

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Gagosian Quarterly Winter 2022

The Winter 2022 issue of Gagosian Quarterly is now available, featuring Anna Weyant’s Two Eileens (2022) on its cover.

Rachel Whiteread, Kunisaki House, 2021–22, concrete, 102 ½ × 305 ⅛ × 191 ⅜ inches (260 × 775 × 486 cm)

Rachel Whiteread: Shy Sculpture

On the occasion of the unveiling of her latest Shy Sculpture, in Kunisaki, Japan, Rachel Whiteread joined curator and art historian Fumio Nanjo for a conversation about this ongoing series.They address the origins of these sculptures and the details of each project.

Augurs of Spring

Augurs of Spring

As spring approaches in the Northern Hemisphere, Sydney Stutterheim reflects on the iconography and symbolism of the season in art both past and present.

Rachel Whiteread

In Conversation
Tom Eccles and Kiki Smith on Rachel Whiteread

On the occasion of Artist Spotlight: Rachel Whiteread, curator Tom Eccles and artist Kiki Smith speak about the work of Rachel Whiteread through the lens of their personal friendships with her. They discuss her public projects from the early 1990s to the present, the relationship between drawing and sculpture in her practice, and the way her works reveal the memories embedded in familiar everyday objects.

Still from the video "In Conversation: Rachel Whiteread and Ann Gallagher"

In Conversation
Rachel Whiteread and Ann Gallagher

Rachel Whiteread speaks to Ann Gallagher about a new group of resin sculptures for an exhibition at Gagosian in London. They discuss the works’ emphasis on surface texture, light, and reflection.

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Photo: Anita Corbin, from the series First Women UK

Artist Spotlight

Rachel Whiteread

October 21–27, 2020

In Rachel Whiteread’s sculptures and drawings, everyday settings, objects, and surfaces are transformed into ghostly replicas that are eerily familiar. Through casting, she frees her subject matter—from beds, tables, and boxes to water towers and entire houses—from practical use, suggesting a new permanence, imbued with memory.

Photo: Anita Corbin, from the series First Women UK