Introduction
Rachel Whiteread, CBE (born 20 April 1963) is an English artist who primarily produces sculptures, which typically take the form of casts. She was the first woman to win the annual Turner Prize in 1993.Whiteread was one of the Young British Artists who exhibited at the Royal Academy's Sensation exhibition in 1997. Among her most renowned works are House, a large concrete cast of the inside of an entire Victorian house; the Judenplatz Holocaust Memorial in Vienna, resembling the shelves of a library with the pages turned outwards; and Untitled Monument, her resin sculpture for the empty fourth plinth in London's Trafalgar Square.
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Q454041
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Introduction
Whiteread makes sculptures of the negative spaces of household objects such as bathtubs, rooms and houses. Sculptor, born in London.
Nationalities
British, English
Gender
Female
Roles
Artist, Sculptor
Name
Rachel Whiteread
Ulan
500118666
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