House

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House was a celebrated 1993 public sculpture by British artist Rachel Whiteread, consisting of a concrete cast of the interior of a Victorian terraced house in East London.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf concrete cast
public sculpture
site-specific artwork
awardReceived Turner Prize NERFINISHED
basedOn a condemned Victorian terraced house
commissionedBy Artangel NERFINISHED
constructionMethod casting the negative space of the house interior
country United Kingdom
creator Rachel Whiteread NERFINISHED
criticReception widely acclaimed by art critics
dateOfDemolition 1994
demolishedBy London Borough of Tower Hamlets NERFINISHED
depicts interior of a Victorian terraced house
exhibitionHistory displayed in situ from 1993 to 1994
genre conceptual art
contemporary art
minimalist sculpture
hasArtisticTheme absence
domestic space
loss
memory
urban change
hasColor grey
hasContext created shortly before demolition of the original house
hasCulturalSignificance iconic work of 1990s British sculpture
hasEffect raised debate about value of public art
hasInfluenced later large-scale cast works by Rachel Whiteread
hasType temporary public artwork
height approximately same as a two-storey house
inception 1993
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity London Borough of Tower Hamlets NERFINISHED
locatedNear Roman Road, Bow NERFINISHED
location East London NERFINISHED
Grove Road, Bow, London NERFINISHED
materialUsed concrete
movement Young British Artists NERFINISHED
notableFor full-scale cast of a house interior
public controversy over its demolition
notableWorkOf Rachel Whiteread NERFINISHED
opposedBy some local councillors
partOf 1990s British public art
significantEvent demolition
streetAddress 193 Grove Road
subjectOf art historical analysis
public art debates in the UK
yearOfAward 1993

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