Ghost

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Ghost is a seminal 1990 plaster cast sculpture by British artist Rachel Whiteread that captures the negative space of a Victorian living room, exploring memory, absence, and the traces of domestic life.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf contemporary artwork
plaster cast sculpture
sculpture
artMovement contemporary art
category 1990 sculptures
British contemporary sculptures
Works by Rachel Whiteread
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
creator Rachel Whiteread NERFINISHED
depicts interior domestic architecture
negative space of a Victorian living room
describedAs key work in 1990s British sculpture
seminal work in Whiteread's career
dimensionType room-sized sculpture
exhibitionHistoryIncludes major contemporary art exhibitions in the 1990s
genre conceptual art
installation art
hasArtisticTheme absence
architecture
domestic space
everyday life
imprint and trace
memory
hasTitleLanguage English
inception 1990
influenced House (Rachel Whiteread sculpture) NERFINISHED
languageOfWork none
locationOfCreation London NERFINISHED
materialUsed plaster
movement Young British Artists NERFINISHED
notableFor casting the negative space of a room
exploration of absence
exploration of memory
exploration of traces of domestic life
significantWorkOf Rachel Whiteread NERFINISHED
subjectOf art historical analysis on memory and space
critical essays on domesticity in contemporary art
usesTechnique casting negative space
plaster casting

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