Water Tower

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Water Tower is a 1998 translucent resin sculpture by British artist Rachel Whiteread, cast from a New York rooftop water tank and celebrated as a landmark example of her large-scale public works.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf public artwork
sculpture
artisticTheme absence and presence
architecture and memory
urban landscape
basedOn functional rooftop water tank
castFrom New York rooftop water tank
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Rachel Whiteread NERFINISHED
genre minimalist sculpture
public art
hasColor clear
translucent white
hasEffect recontextualization of everyday structures
hasQuality large-scale
site-specific
translucent
inception 1998
languageOfWorkOrName English
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity New York City NERFINISHED
mainSubject water tower
materialUsed translucent resin
movement contemporary art
notableFor large-scale public installation
transformation of urban infrastructure into sculpture
use of industrial casting techniques
notableWorkOf Rachel Whiteread NERFINISHED
partOf Rachel Whiteread public art projects
positionHeld rooftop installation

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Rachel Whiteread notableWork Water Tower