Embankment
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Embankment is a large-scale installation artwork by British sculptor Rachel Whiteread, consisting of stacked translucent resin casts of cardboard boxes that transform the interior of Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall into a monumental, maze-like landscape.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Embankment canonical | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
installation artwork
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large-scale artwork ⓘ sculptor ⓘ |
| artForm | sculpture ⓘ |
| basedOn | cardboard boxes ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Tate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedFor | Tate Modern Turbine Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Rachel Whiteread NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorInstanceOf | Rachel Whiteread NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts | cardboard boxes ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt | Tate Modern NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| exhibitedIn | Turbine Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | contemporary art ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
immersive
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maze-like layout ⓘ monumental scale ⓘ site-specific ⓘ white, translucent appearance ⓘ |
| inception | 2005 ⓘ |
| locatedIn | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Tate Modern NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
resin casts
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translucent resin ⓘ |
| movement |
conceptual art
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contemporary art ⓘ minimalism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
large number of repeated cast units
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transforming Turbine Hall into a maze-like landscape ⓘ use of casts of ordinary cardboard boxes ⓘ |
| notableWork | Embankment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupiesSpace | interior of Turbine Hall ⓘ |
| openingDate | 2005 ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Unilever Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
absence
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domestic space ⓘ industrial architecture ⓘ memory ⓘ storage and containment ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
casting
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repetition ⓘ stacking ⓘ |
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