Materials	installation of 53 dolls’ houses, mixed media
Measurement:	Variable Dimensions

 

Rachel Whiteread

03.02.07 | 01.05.07

Untitled (Torso) 1992 Untitled (Floor) 1994 In Out IV 2000 In Out IX 2004 In Out XIII 2004 Untitled 2000 Slab (Plug) 1994 Flowers 2005 Rest 2005 Lean 2005 Untitled (Sixteen Spaces) 1995 Untitled (Amber Bed) 1991 Untitled (Black Bed) 1991 Closet 1988 Yellow Leaf 1989 Ledger 1989

RACHEL WHITEREAD

Village

2006

 

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Conceived specially for the exhibition, the original urban assemblage of Village consists of fifty dark empty dolls’ houses illuminated from inside. The installation, which recalls nativity scenes or the reconstruction of towns like Pompeii and Herculaneum, epitomize Whiteread’s exploration of the implications and social constraints on home building, exemplified in works like House (1990). In the mid-eighties she began collecting second-hand dolls’ houses from various periods and of different kinds: handmade toys that constituted true models of the home.