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Type: sculpture Installation
Topic: History aesthetics poetic
Keywords: Holocaust memorial Judenplatz Orwell 1984 Nissen hut casting concrete memory
Materials: Varies (concrete, mixed media, stone - depending on the specific work)
Country: England (primarily, as the interview focuses on projects in England and references English history)
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Artist: Rachel Whiteread
Year: 2025
Alison McDonald, chief creative officer at Gagosian, interviews Rachel Whiteread about her work, focusing on several key projects. The conversation explores Whiteread's approach to memorializing significant historical events and her use of casting to imbue everyday objects with new meaning and permanence. Projects discussed include the Judenplatz Holocaust Memorial in Vienna, a cast of George Orwell's World War II office, a Nissen hut sculpture, and a flat-pack house sculpture for the US... (full text available in original project page)
