Rachel Whiteread, Beverly Hills, November 6–December 20, 2008

Installation Views

Installation video. — Installation video

Works Exhibited

Rachel Whiteread, DRILL, 2008. Plaster, pigment, steel, and rubber, 29 ¾ × 21 ¾ × 39 ⅜ inches (75.5 × 55 × 100 cm) © Rachel Whiteread — Rachel Whiteread
*DRILL*, 2008
Plaster, pigment, steel, and rubber, 29 ¾ × 21 ¾ × 39 ⅜ inches (75.5 × 55 × 100 cm)
© Rachel Whiteread

Rachel Whiteread, GHOST, GHOST I, 2008. Polyurethane, 30 ¼ × 34 ¼ × 23 ⅝ inches (77 × 87 × 60 cm) © Rachel Whiteread. Photo: Joshua White — Rachel Whiteread, *GHOST, GHOST I*, 2008
Polyurethane, 30 ¼ × 34 ¼ × 23 ⅝ inches (77 × 87 × 60 cm)
© Rachel Whiteread. Photo: Joshua White

Rachel Whiteread, STEP, 2007–08. Plaster, pigment, resin, wood, and metal, 5 ½ × 15 ¾ × 8 inches (14 × 40 × 20 cm) © Rachel Whiteread — Rachel Whiteread
*STEP*, 2007–08
Plaster, pigment, resin, wood, and metal, 5 ½ × 15 ¾ × 8 inches (14 × 40 × 20 cm)
© Rachel Whiteread

Rachel Whiteread, LINE UP, 2007–08. Plaster, pigment, resin, wood, and metal, 6 ¾ × 35 ½ × 9 ¾ inches (17 × 90 × 25 cm) © Rachel Whiteread — Rachel Whiteread
*LINE UP*, 2007–08
Plaster, pigment, resin, wood, and metal, 6 ¾ × 35 ½ × 9 ¾ inches (17 × 90 × 25 cm)
© Rachel Whiteread

Rachel Whiteread, SCATTER, 2008. Plaster, pigment, resin, mild steel, wood, and metal, 11 ¼ × 23 ¾ × 9 ¾ inches (28.5 × 60 × 25 cm) © Rachel Whiteread — Rachel Whiteread
*SCATTER*, 2008
Plaster, pigment, resin, mild steel, wood, and metal, 11 ¼ × 23 ¾ × 9 ¾ inches (28.5 × 60 × 25 cm)
© Rachel Whiteread

Rachel Whiteread, FELL, 2008. Plaster, pigment, resin, and bronze, 7 × 55 ¼ × 26 ¾ inches (17.5 × 140 × 68 cm) © Rachel Whiteread — Rachel Whiteread
*FELL*, 2008
Plaster, pigment, resin, and bronze, 7 × 55 ¼ × 26 ¾ inches (17.5 × 140 × 68 cm)
© Rachel Whiteread

Rachel Whiteread, WEB, 2008. Plaster and bronze, 3 ¾ × 15 × 16 ¼ inches (9.5 × 38 × 41.5 cm) © Rachel Whiteread — Rachel Whiteread
*WEB*, 2008
Plaster and bronze, 3 ¾ × 15 × 16 ¼ inches (9.5 × 38 × 41.5 cm)
© Rachel Whiteread

Rachel Whiteread, Untitled (Blue), 2008. Plaster, pigment, resin, and patinated bronze, 22 ½ × 13 ¾ × 5 ¼ inches (57 × 34.5 × 13 cm) © Rachel Whiteread — Rachel Whiteread
*Untitled (Blue)*, 2008
Plaster, pigment, resin, and patinated bronze, 22 ½ × 13 ¾ × 5 ¼ inches (57 × 34.5 × 13 cm)
© Rachel Whiteread

Rachel Whiteread, Untitled (Hive) I, 2007–08. Resin, 32 ⅛ × 19 ⅞ × 25 ⅛ inches (81.6 × 50.6 × 64 cm) © Rachel Whiteread — Rachel Whiteread
*Untitled (Hive) I*, 2007–08
Resin, 32 ⅛ × 19 ⅞ × 25 ⅛ inches (81.6 × 50.6 × 64 cm)
© Rachel Whiteread

Rachel Whiteread, FOUNDATION, 2007–08. Plaster and bronze, 23 ¼ × 22 ¾ × 9 ¾ inches (59 × 58 × 24.5 cm) © Rachel Whiteread — Rachel Whiteread
*FOUNDATION*, 2007–08
Plaster and bronze, 23 ¼ × 22 ¾ × 9 ¾ inches (59 × 58 × 24.5 cm)
© Rachel Whiteread

Rachel Whiteread, JUGGLE II, 2008. Plaster, pigment, and bronze, 9 ¾ × 21 ¼ × 17 ½ inches (24.5 × 54 × 44.5 cm) © Rachel Whiteread — Rachel Whiteread
*JUGGLE II*, 2008
Plaster, pigment, and bronze, 9 ¾ × 21 ¼ × 17 ½ inches (24.5 × 54 × 44.5 cm)
© Rachel Whiteread

Rachel Whiteread, GREEN, BLACK, GREEN, 2008. Gouache, pencil, and collage on paper, 22 ⅜ × 29 ⅞ inches (57 × 76 cm) © Rachel Whiteread — Rachel Whiteread, *GREEN, BLACK, GREEN*, 2008
Gouache, pencil, and collage on paper, 22 ⅜ × 29 ⅞ inches (57 × 76 cm)
© Rachel Whiteread

Rachel Whiteread, METALLIC, BLACK, YELLOW, 2008. Gouache, pencil, and collage on paper, 22 ⅜ × 29 ⅞ inches (57 × 76 cm) © Rachel Whiteread — Rachel Whiteread, *METALLIC, BLACK, YELLOW*, 2008
Gouache, pencil, and collage on paper, 22 ⅜ × 29 ⅞ inches (57 × 76 cm)
© Rachel Whiteread

Rachel Whiteread, RED, BLACK, WHITE, 2008. Gouache, pencil, and collage on paper, 22 ⅜ × 29 ⅞ inches (57 × 76 cm) © Rachel Whiteread — Rachel Whiteread, *RED, BLACK, WHITE*, 2008
Gouache, pencil, and collage on paper, 22 ⅜ × 29 ⅞ inches (57 × 76 cm)
© Rachel Whiteread

Rachel Whiteread, BLUE, BLACK, GREEN, BLACK, 2008. Gouache, pencil, and collage on paper, 22 ⅜ × 29 ⅞ inches (57 × 76 cm) © Rachel Whiteread — Rachel Whiteread, *BLUE, BLACK, GREEN, BLACK*, 2008
Gouache, pencil, and collage on paper, 22 ⅜ × 29 ⅞ inches (57 × 76 cm)
© Rachel Whiteread

Thumbnail - Rachel Whiteread, DRILL, 2008. Plaster, pigment, steel, and rubber, 29 ¾ × 21 ¾ × 39 ⅜ inches (75.5 × 55 × 100 cm) © Rachel Whiteread

Thumbnail - Rachel Whiteread, GHOST, GHOST I, 2008. Polyurethane, 30 ¼ × 34 ¼ × 23 ⅝ inches (77 × 87 × 60 cm) © Rachel Whiteread. Photo: Joshua White

Thumbnail - Rachel Whiteread, STEP, 2007–08. Plaster, pigment, resin, wood, and metal, 5 ½ × 15 ¾ × 8 inches (14 × 40 × 20 cm) © Rachel Whiteread

Thumbnail - Rachel Whiteread, LINE UP, 2007–08. Plaster, pigment, resin, wood, and metal, 6 ¾ × 35 ½ × 9 ¾ inches (17 × 90 × 25 cm) © Rachel Whiteread

Thumbnail - Rachel Whiteread, SCATTER, 2008. Plaster, pigment, resin, mild steel, wood, and metal, 11 ¼ × 23 ¾ × 9 ¾ inches (28.5 × 60 × 25 cm) © Rachel Whiteread

Thumbnail - Rachel Whiteread, FELL, 2008. Plaster, pigment, resin, and bronze, 7 × 55 ¼ × 26 ¾ inches (17.5 × 140 × 68 cm) © Rachel Whiteread

Thumbnail - Rachel Whiteread, WEB, 2008. Plaster and bronze, 3 ¾ × 15 × 16 ¼ inches (9.5 × 38 × 41.5 cm) © Rachel Whiteread

Thumbnail - Rachel Whiteread, Untitled (Blue), 2008. Plaster, pigment, resin, and patinated bronze, 22 ½ × 13 ¾ × 5 ¼ inches (57 × 34.5 × 13 cm) © Rachel Whiteread

Thumbnail - Rachel Whiteread, Untitled (Hive) I, 2007–08. Resin, 32 ⅛ × 19 ⅞ × 25 ⅛ inches (81.6 × 50.6 × 64 cm) © Rachel Whiteread

Thumbnail - Rachel Whiteread, FOUNDATION, 2007–08. Plaster and bronze, 23 ¼ × 22 ¾ × 9 ¾ inches (59 × 58 × 24.5 cm) © Rachel Whiteread

Thumbnail - Rachel Whiteread, JUGGLE II, 2008. Plaster, pigment, and bronze, 9 ¾ × 21 ¼ × 17 ½ inches (24.5 × 54 × 44.5 cm) © Rachel Whiteread

Thumbnail - Rachel Whiteread, GREEN, BLACK, GREEN, 2008. Gouache, pencil, and collage on paper, 22 ⅜ × 29 ⅞ inches (57 × 76 cm) © Rachel Whiteread

Thumbnail - Rachel Whiteread, METALLIC, BLACK, YELLOW, 2008. Gouache, pencil, and collage on paper, 22 ⅜ × 29 ⅞ inches (57 × 76 cm) © Rachel Whiteread

Thumbnail - Rachel Whiteread, RED, BLACK, WHITE, 2008. Gouache, pencil, and collage on paper, 22 ⅜ × 29 ⅞ inches (57 × 76 cm) © Rachel Whiteread

Thumbnail - Rachel Whiteread, BLUE, BLACK, GREEN, BLACK, 2008. Gouache, pencil, and collage on paper, 22 ⅜ × 29 ⅞ inches (57 × 76 cm) © Rachel Whiteread

About

Color confuses me. Every day when I get up, I have to think about it. I love color, but there are too many decisions to make. Am I an aesthete? Is color about necessity for me in my work—or is it simply a product of what I am thinking about?

I try not to dwell on it; if I did, I would only ever use black and white.
—Rachel Whiteread

Gagosian is pleased to present new sculpture by Rachel Whiteread. This will be the artist’s first solo exhibition in Los Angeles.

Over the past two decades, Whiteread has developed various approaches to casting and impression as both a process and vehicle for content. Her practice is based on a persistent duality: a pragmatic approach to the materials and making of art coupled with a fascination with the psychologically charged associations and traces of human contact borne by and embedded in objects and environments. By casting the empty and unexamined spaces inside and around the domestic objects and materials that populate daily life, she renders negative space as positive sculptural form to poignant and unprecedented effect.

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Rachel Whiteread: … And the Animals Were Sold

An installation by Rachel Whiteread in the Palazzo della Ragione, Bergamo, Italy, commissioned by Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo and cocurated by Lorenzo Giusti and Sara Fumagalli, opened in June of 2023 and ran into the fall. Conceived in relation to the city, the architecture of the site, and the history of the region, it comprised sixty sculptures made with local types of stone. Fumagalli writes on the exhibition and architect Luca Cipelletti speaks with Whiteread.

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Tom Eccles and Kiki Smith on Rachel Whiteread

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Rachel Whiteread and Ann Gallagher

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Rachel Whiteread on Piero della Francesca

Rachel Whiteread writes about the Italian artist’s Baptism of Christ (after 1437) and what has drawn her to this painting, from her first experience of it at a young age to the present day.

Cast of Characters

James Lawrence explores how contemporary artists have grappled with the subject of the library.

Shy Sculpture: Nissen Hut

Rachel Whiteread’s public sculpture Nissen Hut was unveiled in October 2018 in Yorkshire’s Dalby Forest. Curator Tamsin Dillon explores the dynamic history of these structures and provides a firsthand account of the steps leading up to the work’s premiere.

For Notre-Dame

An exhibition at Gagosian, Paris, is raising funds to aid in the reconstruction of the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris following the devastating fire of April 2019. Gagosian directors Serena Cattaneo Adorno and Jean-Olivier Després spoke to Jennifer Knox White about the generous response of artists and others, and what the restoration of this iconic structure means across the world.

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Becoming Home

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