23 oktober 2014

Rachel Whiteread #4


Rachel Whiteread's studio and living space, Bethnal Green Road, Hackney, London.

"Whiteread chose to buy and convert a deconsecrated synagogue at the same time as she was surrounded by controversy over the creation of the Judenplatz Holocaust memorial in Vienna. Whilst we were working on the building’s design she was casting a various staircases and a suite of rooms that used to house the caretaker’s quarters.

The extended and remodelled building provided Whiteread, her partner Marcus Taylor and their growing family, with an apartment, library and roof terrace at roof level. The main body of the building accommodates workshops, studios, storage and an archive for the artists’ work." (bron: Hawkins\Brown)

Rachel Whiteread, photographed in her London studio, 2010. (bro: Financial Times)

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