Rounding off my weekend in London I went to Tate Britain to see the Rachel Whiteread exhibition. I have been interested in her work ever since ‘House’ in 1993.
Such an extraordinary thing to do.
Art that encourages us to see things differently is always exciting.
The atmosphere that was created by the exhibiton at the Tate was one of supreme calm and serenity. Something to do with the combination of neutral colours, scale and space. I would happily have spent the whole day there.
Making the domestic monumental.
I loved the way every shape interacted with the space and other objects in the space.
Collections of used household objects cast as solid objects
looks simple doesn’t it but watch this film on ‘How to Cast like Rachel Whiteread’
and see just how many processes go into creating one object – mindblowing!
Book shelves reminding me of the first little library I used to visit with my Grandfather in the 1950s/60s
There is something intriguing about exploring negative space.
Clever to keep the colours calm so that the mind can peacefully think about positive and negative without the noise of colour.
And to get to know the artist better – a film of Rachel Whitread talking about the way she works.
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You are broadening my horizons that’s for sure. I see a video session in my future!
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Your comment makes me smile Kathy. It is good to have a few such things on hand for the right moment, isn’t it.
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It is indeed!
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Yes, interesting. Like you, I am always intrigued by seeing things in a different way.
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An interesting day out. It’s good to visit an art gallery. I went to one in Scarborough last week, not so grand as yours since it covered beach holidays in one gallery and all the railway posters and photos. In the other gallery town plans to turn Scarborough into a very swish Spa town in 1935, but the war happened, then the austerity of the 50s followed by cheap package holidays and so it never happened. But the vision was wonderful to see, and would have cost £15,000 to build. Heigh ho. Now I shall watch your videos, as I had not heard of your artist.
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That sounds like an interesting exhibition Cathy. Hope you enjoy the videos, it always amazes me the lengths some artists go to.
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I did thanks, couldn’t believe how much effort it took to do a light bulb.
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I know! and then multiply that by all those things RW casts ….
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