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12 Photo: © Tate Chicken Shed 2017 Concrete 2160 x 2290 x 2780 mm Courtesy the artist © Rachel Whiteread RACHEL WHITEREAD AT TATE BRITAIN Tate Britain is presenting the most substantial survey to date of work by Rachel Whiteread, one of the leading artists of her generation. The exhibition reveals the extraordinary breadth of her career over three decades, from the four early sculptures shown in her first solo show in 1988 to works made this year especially for Tate Britain including Chicken Shed, a new concrete shed Untitled (One Hundred Spaces) 1995 Resin Various dimensions Pinault Collection © Rachel Whiteread. Photo: © Tate (Seraphina Neville and Andrew Dunkley) installed outside the gallery. Known for her signature casting technique, Whiteread’s work ranges in scale from the modest to the monumental in a variety of materials such as plaster, resin, rubber, concrete, metal and paper. Rachel Whiteread first rose to wide public attention with the unveiling of her first public commission, House, in London’s East End in 1993. A concrete cast of the interior of an entire terraced house, House only stood for a few months before its demolition, but was a landmark public sculpture for London and has come to epitomise Whiteread’s lifelong project as an artist: fusing everyday architectural and domestic forms with personal and universal human experiences and memories. In a vast 1,500m² open gallery space, some of Whiteread’s most important large scale sculptures are shown alongside her more intimate works. These will include Untitled (Book Corridors) 1997-8 and Untitled (Room 101) 2003 – a cast of the room at the BBC’s Broadcasting House thought to be the model for Room 101 in George Orwell’s dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty Four. A range of smaller sculptures include casts in different materials and colours from architectural features such as floors, doors and windows to domestic objects such as tables, boxes and a selection of Torsos, Whiteread’s casts of hot water bottles. Another highlight of the exhibition is Untitled (One Hundred Spaces) 1995 – an installation of 100 resin casts of the underside of chairs – shown in Tate Britain’s Duveen galleries. Special sections are also devoted to archive material and to the artist’s drawings. Working with pencil, varnish, correction fluid, watercolour and collage, these works on paper constitute a distinct area of Whiteread’s practice and are an intimate part of her artistic process in producing her sculptural work. Born in London in 1963, Whiteread studied painting at Brighton Polytechnic and sculpture at the Slade School of Fine Art. She was the first woman to win the Turner Prize in 1993 and went on to represent Britain at the 1997 Venice Biennale. She has been awarded numerous prestigious commissions, and solo exhibitions of her work have been shown internationally in museums and galleries such as MADRE in Naples, Kunsthaus Bregenz, the Museums of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paolo, The Solomon R Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and Serpentine Gallery in London. Whiteread lives and works in London and her work is represented in major private and public collections worldwide. t h i s i s l o n d o n m a g a z i n e • t h i s i s l o n d o n o n l i n e
LONDON'S LARGEST AND CHICEST ANTIQUES FAIR SAILS INTO TOWN London’s chicest, and largest, antiques and period design event, the Autumn 2017 Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair (3-8 October at Battersea Park) sails in with a nautical tack! The Fair’s much-anticipated Foyer presentation, which sets a trend for each event with a styled and themed selling display of furniture, art and accessories drawn from exhibitors, is The Admiral’s Eyrie, a gentleman’s study-come-sitting room with a twist of sea-farer’s folly. Formal antique furniture will be mixed with modern accents such as lighting, and given a distinct design focus by decorating with marine instruments, pictures and works of art. Among the more quirky elements will be a set of WWII Zeiss naval binoculars, a large lamp from the Mumbles lighthouse in Swansea, a mid-1960s model of a Chris-Craft/Riva type motorboat, and a selection of sea charts and world maps. The Autumn Decorative Fair is a high point of the Design Season for interior decorators. With more than 160 exhibitors taking part, the Fair is at capacity, with a selection of stands up on the Mezzanine to be discovered. All participants are carefully selected, specialists in antique and 20th century design from Britain and Europe with an unrivalled selection of stock. Private customers mingle with leading members of the international design trade, retail buyers and film stylists who attend the Fair to search out original and unusual furniture, art and accessories to give their projects an individual touch. New exhibitors at the Autumn 2017 Fair include McWhirter Antiques Ltd, established for over 25 years, dealers in interesting and quirky furniture and works of art from the 18th century to the present day; Bleu Anglais, with Chinese and Indigo folk textiles, and up on the Mezzanine, Inglis Hall Antiques with cabinet curiosities, unusual objets d’art, art and design. A mid-19th century continental shop / tavern sign, Wakelin & Linfield. A number of dealers who have recently joined the Fair are returning, including Nigel Bartlett, renowned dealer in architectural antiques and mantelpieces; Sjostrom Antik of Sweden with Scandi and Italian 20th century design; Galeria Miquel Alzueta of Barcelona and Girona with a pleasing mix of 18th century Catalan furniture and modernist designers such as Perrian and Prouvé blended with contemporary Spanish art; and Malby Maps Ltd, who specialise in fine antique and decorative maps and globes. Leading galleries such as Anthony Hepworth, Jenna Burlingham Fine Art, Black Ink Masterprints, Julian Simon Fine Art Ltd, Darnley Fine Art and The Parker Gallery will be there and expect to find dealers in traditional country house antiques, fine furniture, 20th century design, decorative and vernacular antiques making a strong show, plus a fascinating selection of quirky accessories and unusual objects for the decorator and collector. 13 t h i s i s l o n d o n m a g a z i n e • t h i s i s l o n d o n o n l i n e
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