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What object did Rachel Whiteread cast to create her sculpture Ghost?
Rachel Whiteread created Ghost in 1990 by taking a plaster cast of the negative space inside a north London living room. It captured the interior volume of a soon-to-be-demolished house.
Where can you see Rachel Whiteread's Ghost today?
The original Ghost sculpture is part of the permanent collection at the Tate in London. It is frequently displayed in their modern art galleries.
How does the sculpture Ghost relate to Rachel Whiteread's later work House?
Ghost served as the technical and thematic precursor to her famous 1993 concrete sculpture, House. While House was a monumental exterior cast of an entire terraced home, Ghost focused only on the interior of a single room.
What is the artistic significance of the Ghost sculpture?
Ghost is celebrated as a key early work that established Whiteread's signature technique of turning domestic negative space into solid sculpture. It solidified her reputation for exploring themes of memory, absence, and domesticity.
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