Untitled (Pair)
About this artwork
The two elements of this work are cast from a mortuary slab. One part has a slightly hollowed surface, designed to capture bodily fluids and channel them towards the foot end. The second part is a direct cast of the other. This makes them like male and female partners, as they would fit together if one were turned upside-down and placed on top of the other. Standing side by side like a knight and lady in a medieval tomb, they refer to death and companionship.
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artist:Rachel Whiteread (born 1963) English
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title:Untitled (Pair)
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date created:1999
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materials:Bronze with white cellulose paint
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measurements:90.00 x 77.00 x 204.00 cm (each part size)
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credit line:Purchased with Art Fund support, 2001
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accession number:GMA 4367
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
Rachel Whiteread
Rachel Whiteread
Whiteread was born in London. In 1988 she began making casts of the space in and around domestic objects, such as under a bed. These casts produced a ghostly world in negative form, evoking the history of the objects. In 1993 she made a concrete cast of an entire house in the east end of London....
