whiteread

i have always had a soft spot for rachel whiteread's work (though if pushed then i would have to say gillian wearing is my favourite british female artist, if not favouite british artist...)and her current work is pretty momunmental. it fills half of the tate modern's turbine hall with the casts of the insides of 14,000 boxes.

the tate modern describe it as such "The form of a cardboard box has been chosen because of its associations with the storage of intimate personal items and to invoke the sense of mystery surrounding ideas of what a sealed box might contain."






though as one wag put it - they are more like sugar cubes. and that is a play on the tate as tate and lyle make sugar cubes.....
but that might be funny and sometimes modern art just can't smile.