Domestic Afterlives: Rachel Whiteread's Ghost

Long associated with uncanny atmosphere, ghosts suggest a lingering presence of something past. Rachel Carley's examination of Rachel Whiteread's Ghost belies the role that the plaster‐casting process makes towards visualising the invisible. In turn, the vestigial traces of a room's s...

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Published in:Architectural design 2008-05, Vol.78 (3), p.26-29
Main Author: Carley, Rachel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anthony Vidler
Carlisle Gallery in Islington
Carlisle Gallery in Islington, London
Chisenhale Gallery
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London
Moshen Mostafavi and David Leatherbarrow
mummyfying the air in the room and making it solid
negative impression of the light switch
Saatchi Gallery
sense of disorientation
The atmosphere it generates alters dramatically in relation to the size and scale of the space
The sculpture disallows access to the interior in any legible form
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