For more than two decades, British artist Rachel Whiteread has been examining the domestic space as "a potent site of memory and history" by casting doors, window frames, rooms, and even whole buildings in industrial materials like plaster and concrete (from show's press release). Long Eyes, Whiteread's current exhibit at Luhring Augustine, presents a series of door and window shapes cast in colorful, translucent resin.
Casting "the front and back of each object and merg[ing] them to create an inverse of the original, the artist used colors that evoke specific times of the day. Light grey and soft shades of pink and purple represent daylight hours while dark black signifies night. Whiteread's minimalist, delicate, jewel-like sculptures of bulky, everyday, architectural forms subtly and cleverly capture space and time. Whiteread also presents two new pieces consisting of shelves supporting soda cans cast in plaster with iron oxide to give the impression of rust. As with Whiteread's resin doors and windows, these works encourage viewers to "consider the unspoken beauty which resides in the ordinary." Learn more at Luhringaugustine.com. Through April 30th.
Doorway I, 2010
Threshold II, 2010
Daylight, 2010
Threshold III, 2010
Untitled (Hive) I, 2007-2008
Can I, 2010
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Posted by: Belstaff Trialmaster Jacket | 12/15/2011 at 01:49 PM
I like the window very much. It has a very nice, mellow shade. I imagine my kitchen turning to soft pink in the morning, that would be relaxing. =D
Posted by: Katie Nicoll | 05/05/2011 at 04:35 AM